Download or read book Consumerism in Medicine written by Marie R. Haug and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1983-12-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consumerist movement in medicine is challenging the traditional doctor-patient role. Doctors are no longer seen as all-powerful dispensers of good health, but as partners in a bargain for which the buyer has the right to question the seller. The authors describe the history and manifestations of the movement and gauge its effect through a national survey of consumers and physicians.

Download or read book Consumerism in Medicine written by Marie R. Haug and published by . This book was released on with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctors have long been regarded as figures of power by their patients. The doctor, who possesses mysterious and specialized skills, is in a position of authority over the patient -- an authority which is legitimized by the state through its restrictions on who can practise medicine. This book charts the rise of the consumerist movement in medicine. The movement is a challenge to the traditional doctor-patient role in that it questions the authority of the doctor to dispense cures and the duty of patients to accept those cures without question. The consumerist movement sees that there is a bargain being struck between patient and doctor, and that it is the right of the patient as buyer to question the claims of the doctor as seller. The authors attempt to gauge the size and strength of this movement through a national survey of health care consumers and of physicians. The causes and manifestations of the consumerist movement are reviewed, as are the reactions of doctors to it and its effect on the overall utilization of health care facilities. The book will be of immense value to those interested in changes in health care, and to professionals and administrators in health care services.

Download or read book The Impact of Autonomy and Consumerism in Healthcare written by Simbiso Ranga, MD, MBA and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the origins of consumerism to the evolution or revolution associated with consumerism in healthcare, this book is a reflective depiction of the past, present, and future of healthcare as it empowers the consumer (patient). The Impact of Autonomy and Consumerism in Healthcare navigates the changing healthcare landscape, navigating some of these changes and what they mean, not only for healthcare delivery, but for providers, suppliers, and consumers. It comments on new healthcare developments, including the mushrooming urgent care centers and walk-in clinics, as well as such technological developments as patient portals in electronic medical records. The book reflects on the challenges of opening up the healthcare infrastructure to the consumer, while raising issues about cyber security, privacy, and litigation. The authors attempt to predict the future, just as many physicians reluctantly do for their patients, in a chapter aptly titled “Prognosis.” The book would not be complete without anecdotes and war stories from the authors’ experiences in the field, presenting surprises and contradictions in their practice of medicine across the USA as immigrant physicians. Hopefully these powerful stories will help untangle the healthcare juggernaut and move toward a more empowered consumer.

Download or read book Healthcare Digital Transformation written by Edward W. Marx and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2020-08-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a reference guide for healthcare executives and technology providers involved in the ongoing digital transformation of the healthcare sector. The book focuses specifically on the challenges and opportunities for health systems in their journey toward a digital future. It draws from proprietary research and public information, along with interviews with over one hundred and fifty executives in leading health systems such as Cleveland Clinic, Partners, Mayo, Kaiser, and Intermountain as well as numerous technology and retail providers. The authors explore the important role of technology and that of EHR systems, digital health innovators, and big tech firms in the ongoing digital transformation of healthcare. Importantly, the book draws on the accelerated learnings of the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic in their digital transformation efforts to adopt telehealth and virtual care models. Features of this book: Provides an understanding of the current state of digital transformation and the factors influencing the ongoing transformation of the healthcare sector. Includes interviews with executives from leading health systems. Describes the important role of emerging technologies; EHR systems, digital health innovators, and more. Includes case studies from innovative health organizations. Provides a set of templates and frameworks for developing and implementing a digital roadmap. Based on best practices from real-life examples, the book is a guidebook that provides a set of templates and frameworks for digital transformation practitioners in healthcare.

Download or read book Consumerism and Value Creation in American Healthcare written by Gary Fradin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes our healthcare system better? What makes it worse? Gary Fradin explores these issues in Consumerism and Value Creation in American Healthcare. He shows that employer based financing and various tax and subsidy programs decrease system value by adding costs without improving health. Supply side reforms aimed at changing physician behavior, he argues, never seem to achieve their desired results. But programs that teach consumers how to choose a hospital, a treatment or a test - and perhaps even more importantly, how to talk to their doctors wisely - can add tremendous value. Learn how appropriate consumer education can revolutionize our system, improve patient outcomes, decrease patient risks and lower overall system costs.

Download or read book Consumerism and Health Care written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Health Care Consumerism written by Patricia A. Hamilton and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Remaking the American Patient written by Nancy Tomes and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-01-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a work that spans the twentieth century, Nancy Tomes questions the popular--and largely unexamined--idea that in order to get good health care, people must learn to shop for it. Remaking the American Patient explores the consequences of the consumer economy and American medicine having come of age at exactly the same time. Tracing the robust development of advertising, marketing, and public relations within the medical profession and the vast realm we now think of as "health care," Tomes considers what it means to be a "good" patient. As she shows, this history of the coevolution of medicine and consumer culture tells us much about our current predicament over health care in the United States. Understanding where the shopping model came from, why it was so long resisted in medicine, and why it finally triumphed in the late twentieth century helps explain why, despite striking changes that seem to empower patients, so many Americans remain unhappy and confused about their status as patients today.

Download or read book Making the patient consumer written by Alex Mold and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last fifty years, British patients have been transformed into consumers. This book considers how and why the figure of the patient-consumer was brought into being, paying particular attention to the role played by patient organisations. Making the patient-consumer explores the development of patient-consumerism from the 1960s to 2010 in relation to seven key areas. Patient autonomy, representation, complaint, rights, information, voice and choice were all central to the making of the patient-consumer. These concepts were used initially by patient organisations, but by the 1990s the government had taken over as the main actor shaping ideas about patient-consumerism. This volume is the first empirical, historical account of a fundamental shift in modern British health policy and practice. The book will be of use to historians, public policy analysts and all those attempting to better understand the nature of contemporary healthcare.

Download or read book Patient centered Healthcare Consumerism written by Ronald E. Bachman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrust of this book is how to benefit from the rise of Patient-Centered Healthcare Consumerism and the consumerism megatrends underway. From a pure financing perspective, there are three ways to pay for healthcare: (1) premiums, (2) savings, or (3) taxes. Traditional insurance relies on premiums. Government programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rely on tax subsidies. PCHC combines the best of all three. It can minimize premiums, maximize savings, and provide consumers with valued tax advantages. Patient Centered Healthcare Consumerism brings together two key dimensions of healthcare regulatory and market reforms. "Healthcare Consumerism" by itself could be interpreted with a focus on the purchasing of health and healthcare products. "Patient-centered" by itself could be interpreted to focus on the use of the care delivery system. If you are an Individual - this book is for you, the healthcare consumer. You will find answers to what you can do to optimize the value of your purchases. Whether you are seeking to understand your options under your employer's group plan or selecting individual coverage. This book will help you move beyond immediate health concerns to understanding how to live a long productive life. If you are a Consultant, Agent or Broker - this book will show you how to market, discuss, and sell flexible PCHC designs that will lower premiums (and future premium increases), increase coverage choices, add care convenience, and improve access to doctors, hospitals, and other medical providers. If you are a Human Resources executive - this book will illustrate how to develop a health and healthcare strategic plan unique to your organization. This book will assist you in learning whether or not your organization is ready for change and what other organizational changes will improve the health and healthcare costs of your employees. If you are a Benefit Manager, Wellness or Communications Director - we will define and explain the pros and cons of PCHC. We will show how benefits interact with the development of human capital. We will explain how work effects health and how health effects work. If you are a Solution Provider - you will see where your product fits into the rapidly evolving market of new technologies and services. You will better understand how to discuss your product/service in the language of your prospects and customers. You will see the spectrum of developing generations of PCHC and where you fit into the present and future of health and healthcare. If you are a Care Provider - you will understand how your services interact with savings options and insurance, plan design, and patient care. You will better grasp the possibilities and importance of patient involvement and engagement in wellness, well-being, treatment plans, and compliance. You will see how you can strengthen the patient-provider relationship to improve patient compliance with treatment plans. If you are an Attorney, Legal Advisor, or Compliance Officer - We will provide examples and an understanding of the need for your services at each of the four points of any reform (legislation, regulation, compliance, and litigation). If you are an elected official - this book will provide simplified insights into real market-based solutions. You will better understand how legislation can encourage or discourage free-market developments. You may be in a position to offer new legislation that will impact the evolution of consumerism and prevent the old saying, "Legislation tends to crowd out the future."

Download or read book Consuming Health written by Sara Henderson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our post-welfare society, health is increasingly viewed as a commodity and individuals are defined as 'health care consumers'. At the same time, the notion that the state should care for the health of its citizens is being replaced by an expectation that citizens should play a more active role in caring for themselves. These developments are by no means uncontentious. Consuming Health explores the diverse meanings and applications of the term 'consumer' in the field of health care and the implications for policy-making, health care delivery and experiences of health care. Contributors are well-known innovative researchers and lecturers from the Australia, the UK and Canada. Between them they cover a wide range of topics - from the medicalisation of the menopause to the participation of consumer groups in the national policy process - to create an original and thought-provoking text for students and practitioners in the field of health care.

Download or read book Key Concepts in Medical Sociology written by Jonathan Gabe and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2004-04-10 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title provides a systematic and accessible introduction to medical sociology, beginning each 1500 word entry with a definition of the concept, then examines its origins, development, strengths and weaknesses, offering further reading guidance for independent learning, and drawing on international literature and examples.

Download or read book The Health Care Consumer s Manifesto written by Deborah Dove Gordon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A health care executive at Harvard explains how to become a savvy consumer and get the value we all deserve for our health care spending. This book navigates and demystifies the confusing world of health care shopping. Readers go on a guided tour inside American health care to learn why it is so messy, and who is invested in keeping it that way. The text offers a new vision of how health care could work if it were truly designed to meet consumer needs, creating a call to action on how to demand and help create such a system. A wake-up call to an industry tenuously holding on to the status quo and ripe for true disruption, this book outlines what consumers can do themselves and demand from doctors, hospitals, health plans, and policy makers to get more for their health care spending and, in so doing, reshape the health care system into one we all deserve. Using real and compelling consumer stories intertwined with expert analysis, this book illustrates why it is so difficult to act as an engaged health care consumer in the United States and pulls back the curtain to expose the forces that hold the system in place.

Download or read book Can Medicine Be Cured written by Seamus O'Mahony and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fierce, honest, elegant and often hilarious debunking of the great fallacies that drive modern medicine. By the award-winning author of The Way We Die Now. Seamus O'Mahony writes about the illusion of progress, the notion that more and more diseases can be 'conquered' ad infinitum. He punctures the idiocy of consumerism, the idea that healthcare can be endlessly adapted to the wishes of individuals. He excoriates the claims of Big Science, the spending of vast sums on research follies like the Human Genome Project. And he highlights one of the most dangerous errors of industrialized medicine: an over-reliance on metrics, and a neglect of things that can't easily be measured, like compassion. 'A deeply fascinating and rousing book' Mail on Sunday. 'What makes this book a delightful, if unsettling read, is not just O'Mahony's scholarly and witty prose, but also his brutal honesty' The Times.

Download or read book Chinese Medicine Men written by Sherman Cochran and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-05-30 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cochran reconsiders the nature and role of consumer culture in the spread of globalization and illuminates enduring features of the Chinese experience of consumer culture. The history of Chinese medicine men in pre-socialist China, he suggests, has relevance for the 21st century because they achieved goals that resonate with their successors today.

Download or read book Healthcare Consumerism and Changing Doctor Patient Relationship written by Prasanta Kumar Padhy and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor-patient relationship is a crux of medical care delivery infrastructure. It is based on in egalitarian notions where power and authority is vested with physicians. However, with the changes in socio-economic and politico-legal milieu this sacred covenant is altering. This appears to be true to the Indian situation. With the inclusion of medical services within the ambit of the Consumer Protection Act, patients are now entitled to approach consumer forums for redressed of their grievances. In general, medical professionals viewed it as a threat to their professional hegemony. Consumerism, Medicine and the Law looks at the changing doctor-patient relationship in India with special reference to the Consumer Protection Act. Medical negligence is from time immemorial, but due to the recent development in consumerism and human rights the cases become very typical regarding the fixation of liability and on what grounds, even if certain parameters have fixed it is very necessary that doctors must not in any way suffer their negligence in spite of remedy under different laws. The patients of medical negligence are still suffering and they need additional protection, especially the patients of government hospitals. The paper attempts to analyses a wide range of issues relating to medical doctor-patient relationship, medical negligence, the ethical and legal aspect of doctor-patient relationship, in the therapeutic encounter and the role of Consumer Protection Act vis-à-vis doctor-patient relationship from the perspectives of doctors and the patients. A few cases of medical negligence are also highlighted to draw the attention of healthcare consumerism in India.

Download or read book Reports on Managed Care written by American Medical Association. Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs and published by American Medical Association Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethics in the era of managed care This collection of AMA Council Reports from 1990 to 1997 examine a variety of ethical issues concerning managed care. Report topics include financial incentives to limit care, cost containment involving prescription drugs, restrictions on disclosure in managed care contracts, ethical issues in negotiating discounts for specialty care, capitation, and more. An analysis of current issues in medical ethics is also included.