Alter | 79 Jahre |
Beruf | Arzt, Forscher, Politiker |
Geburtsdatum | Montag, 09. September 1946 |
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Beschreibung | Donald M. Berwick (* 9. September 1946) war Administrator der Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Zuvor war er Präsident und Chief Executive Officer des Institute for Healthcare Improvement, einer gemeinnützigen Organisation. Berwick hat sich intensiv mit dem Management von Gesundheitssystemen auseinandergesetzt, wobei er besonderen Wert auf die Anwendung wissenschaftlicher Methoden und evidenzbasierter Medizin sowie der Vergleichswirkungsforschung zur Verbesserung des Kompromisses zwischen Qualität, Sicherheit und Kosten legt. |
We have really good data that show when you take patients and you really inform them about their choices, patients make more frugal choices. They pick more efficient choices than the health care system does.
Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.
Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war.
