Chaos and organization in health care / Thomas H. Lee and James J. Mongan.
By: Lee, Thomas H.
Contributor(s): Mongan, James J.
Material type: TextPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: xv, 278 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780262013536 (hardcover : alk. paper); 0262013533 (hardcover : alk. paper).Subject(s): Medical care -- United States | Health care reform -- United States | Health facilities -- United States -- Administration | Chaotic behavior in systems | Organizational behaviorDDC classification: 362.1/04250973Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 362.10425 L515 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003707411 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The problem is chaos. Chaos -- Progress -- Fragmentation -- The solution is organization. What does organization in health care look like? -- What kinds of systems improve health care? -- Tightly structured health care delivery organizations -- Organizing the mainstream of U.S. medicine -- What can payers, employers, and patients do? -- How do we get there? Evolution or revolution? -- Provider change -- Payment change -- Market change -- Accelerating evolution.
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