The doctor crisis : how physicians can, and must, lead the way to better health care / Jack Cochran, MD and Charles C. Kenney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cochran, Jack, author.

Kenney, Charles C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services administration--United States.

Health services administration.

Health care reform--United States.

Health care reform.

Medicine--Practice--United States.

Medicine.

Patient-centered health care--United States.

Patient-centered health care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Public Affairs, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Calming fears, alleviating suffering, enhancing and saving lives?this is what motivates doctors virtually every single day. When the structure and culture in which physicians work are well aligned, being a doctor is a most rewarding job. But something has gone wrong in the physician world, and it is urgent that we fix it.Fundamental flaws in the US health care system make it more difficult and less rewarding than ever to be a doctor. The convergence of a complex amalgam of forces prevents primary care and specialty physicians from doing what they most want to do: Put their patient

Contents:

Contents; Author's Note; Preface; PART I: Miracles, Urgency: A Higher Calling; 1. A Kind of Miracle: The Beauty of American Medicine; 2. The Other Side of the Miracle: Failure Is Not an Option; 3. Healer, Leader, Partner; PART II: The Colorado Story: Firsthand Lessons for Preserving and Enhancing Physician Careers to Provide Superb Patient Care; 4. Evolution of a Physician Leader; 5. Jack's Constants: Preservation and Enhancement of Career; 6. The Elephant in the Room; 7. Turnaround; PART III: Pathway Forward: Solving the Doctor Crisis, Expanding the Learning Coalition

8. Solving the Physician Crisis While Expanding the Learning Coalition: The Quadruple Aim9. Learning Coalition: The Pathway Forward; 10. The Urgent Need to Preserve and Enhance Physician Careers; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61039-444-5