Mistreated
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Mistreated by Robert Pearl
The biggest problem in American health care is us Do you know how to tell good health care from bad health care? Guess again. As patients, we wrongly assume the best care is dependent mainly on the newest medications, the most complex treatments, and the smartest doctors. But Americans look for health-care solutions in the wrong places. For example, hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved each year if doctors reduced common errors and maximized preventive medicine. For Dr. Robert Pearl, these kinds of mistakes are a matter of professional importance, but also personal significance: he lost his own father due in part to poor communication and treatment planning by doctors. And consumers make costly mistakes too: we demand modern information technology from our banks, airlines, and retailers, but we passively accept last century's technology in our health care. Solving the challenges of health care starts with understanding these problems. Mistreated explains why subconscious misperceptions are so common in medicine, and shows how modifying the structure, technology, financing, and leadership of American health care could radically improve quality outcomes. This important book proves we can overcome our fears and faulty assumptions, and provides a roadmap for a better, healthier future.Robert Pearl, MD, is the president and CEO of the Mid-Atlantic Permanente Medical Group and the executive director and CEO of The Permanente Medical Group, which is responsible for the health care of 3.8 million Kaiser Permanente members. Dr. Pearl, named one of the most powerful physician-leaders in the country by Modern Healthcare, speaks at approximately 15 events per year for audiences of up to 10,000 people, organized by organizations such as the New England Journal of Medicine. He is a member of the Stanford faculty and has formerly taught at Duke, UC Berkeley, and Harvard. His Forbes.com column on health care's business and culture includes topics such as a conversation with Malcolm Gladwell, which has had over 500K views. Dr. Pearl has been featured in Time, ABC News, USA Today, and NPR, among other publications.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781610397650 |
| ISBN 10 | 1610397657 |
| Title | Mistreated |
| Author | Robert Pearl |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Year published | 2017-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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