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New delivery models will solve the cost crisis
I was again reminded at last week's Partner's Connected Health Conference about how much potential there is for innovation in health - for industry transformation. The session titles speak for themselves: • Wireless Tech and Patient Self-Management: Opportunities, Applications, and...
By Peter Neupert | October 27, 2009; 09:23 PM ET | Comments (0)
Learning from Singapore, Switzerland
There is no 'best' system anywhere, but there are best practices from around the world worth exploring. Two immediately come to mind: Singapore and Switzerland.
By Peter Neupert | October 22, 2009; 06:54 AM ET | Comments (5)
Personal Accountability
What's needed is a new 'health delivery' framework that drives value, rewards experimentation, puts consumers in charge, and enables innovation--essentially changing the attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors of everyone involved in health delivery.
By Peter Neupert | October 13, 2009; 11:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
Empowering Consumers
We should have faith in consumers to make the right choices for their health -- only then will we reduce costs, expand coverage and drive value.
By Peter Neupert | September 22, 2009; 09:18 PM ET | Comments (0)
In Health Reform Recipe, the Missing Ingredient Is the Consumer
I applaud the administration for shining a bright light on health reform. The government -- as buyer, regulator and leader -- must be a part of any solution.
By Peter Neupert | September 11, 2009; 12:07 PM ET | Comments (0)
Three Simple Truths
Much of the justification driving reform has been economic, yet the debate has been politically focused, obfuscating the economic issues rather than illuminating them. To refocus, we should acknowledge three simple truths.
By Peter Neupert | August 25, 2009; 04:28 PM ET | Comments (2)
Modification Vs. Reform
We're all going to lose unless we shift our conversation from health care modification to wholesale change. We've been modifying for years, and it's gotten us a broken, economically bankrupt system.
By Peter Neupert | August 11, 2009; 11:48 AM ET | Comments (0)
Lessons From Medicare and Medicaid
How will another government-managed option be better at building a health system that works for the 21st Century than the one we already have?
By Peter Neupert | August 4, 2009; 01:21 PM ET | Comments (1)
It's Not About Costs, It's About Enabling Transformation
We should concentrate on enabling the kind of transformation that's happened in banking, travel and other service industries.
By Peter Neupert | July 21, 2009; 10:39 AM ET | Comments (0)
Who Pays for Whose Heath Care?
The political debate is often framed around covering the uninsured. At the heart of this is the supposition that health care is a moral obligation -- that everyone has a "right" to it. But it's difficult to separate the moral from the economic because there is no other "liberty" that requires payment.
By Peter Neupert | July 14, 2009; 01:34 AM ET | Comments (3)
Defusing the Health Care Bomb
The "big red wire" that needs to be clipped first is the fee-for-service payment system driven by the government today through Medicare reimbursement decisions. Until that's addressed, the ticking bomb won't be stopped.
By Peter Neupert | June 16, 2009; 01:06 AM ET | Comments (2)
Diagnosing and Treating the Health Non-System
We do not currently have a health system at all: it is a health non-system.
By Peter Neupert | June 7, 2009; 02:23 PM ET | Comments (3)
