Remaking Health Care in America

Stephen Shortell, one the country's leading health care management authorities, and his team of experts use the most current data available to update their classic book Remaking Health Care in America. This expanded second edition includes a clear conceptual framework for health care leaders who must develop more integrative systems of care to meet the challenge of the evolving health care industry. The book also provides practical suggestions and myriad recommendations for developing cost-effective delivery systems across the United States.

Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: The Problem and the Challenge; Chapter Two: An Idealized Health Care System; Chapter Three: Participants, Framework, and Approach; Chapter Four: Functional Integration; Chapter Five: Physician-System Integration; Chapter Six: Clinical Integration; Chapter Seven: Managing and Governing the Organized Delivery System; Chapter Eight: Moving Forward: The Policy Issues and Implementation: Challenges: Resources; References