Healthcare Reform: A Dire Need to Retool the System

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Author(s): Abburi Anil Kumar (Prairie View A&M University, USA)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 23
Source title: Evaluating Challenges and Opportunities for Healthcare Reform
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Raj Selladurai (Indiana University Northwest, USA), Charlie Hobson (Indiana University Northwest, USA), Roshini Isabell Selladurai (In His Image Family Medicine Residency, Ascension St. John Medical Center, USA)and Adam Greer (Ascension St. John Medical Center, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2949-2.ch007

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Healthcare Administration / Medicine & Healthcare

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The healthcare system in the U.S. is very fragmented in its structure. It is generally agreed that it needs to be reformed. This chapter addresses this issue from an organizational point of view with specific reference to cancer, a disease termed “The Emperor of All Maladies.” The basic tenet of this chapter is that any healthcare system should be designed so as to maximize the benefit to all the stakeholders involved, while incorporating the newer advances in technologies, but above all, must be patient-centered. Solving a complex adaptive problem requires different approaches compared to solving a simple technical challenge. Especially, when it comes to dealing with cancer—a very intelligent, continually adapting, rule breaking, self-sustaining disease—simple technical solutions are insufficient without an understanding of how to change the system. After discussing the current healthcare system in the U.S., a proposal is made as to how to reform the system.

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