Does high price equal high quality in health care? Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, co-author of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, discusses the major myth of the value of modern health care on this episode of Books of our Times. In her interview with host Lawrence R. Velvel the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law. Teisberg asserts that on average American's receive only about 50% of the care that we know to be effective.
The full interview is available at http://tinyurl.com/24t3rp. The Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss and videos can be found on Google video and ITunes.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Do heath care costs reflect health care quality?
Does our health care system effectively manage our health?
Excuse me doctor, why is my treatment so limited? Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, co-author of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results sat down with Lawrence R. Velvel the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law and the host of the television show Books of Our Time to discuss the medical industries view of patient care. Teisberg suggests that today's health care needs to stop focusing on the acute episodes of an illness but rather on the entire cycle of care, from prevention to treatment.
The full interview is available at http://tinyurl.com/24t3rp. The Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss and videos can be found on Google video and ITunes.
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A revolution in the health care industry
With all the competition in the health care system, why are we not seeing improvements in the industry? Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, co-author of the book Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, joins host Lawrence R. Velvel, the Dean of the Massachusetts School of Law, for a revealing discussion of our modern health care system on this episode of Books of our Times.
The full interview is available at http://tinyurl.com/24t3rp. The Massachusetts School of Law also presents information on important current affairs to the general public in television and radio broadcasts, an intellectual journal, conferences, author appearances, blogs and books. For more information visit www.mslaw.edu. MSLAW podcasts are available from http://mslaw.libsyn.com/rss and videos can be found on Google video and ITunes .
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