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Written for senior healthcare leaders, it will provide new tools, processes, examples and case studies offering an effective framework in which to transform healthcare systems. Specifically, leaders will be able to answer the following questions:    •           Why change?  What has led us to today, and what is the current situation in healthcare?     •           What to change?  What areas for change are most promising—areas with the greatest potential to yield significant benefits?  •           How to change?  Will incremental changes meet the need, or are true transformations required?    •           When to change?  Should changes start now, or should change wait for the stars to come into some special alignment?         Healthcare is personal. Healthcare is local. And at the same time, healthcare is one of the greatest challenges faced by countries around the world. 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