Why America's health care system failed so tragically during the
Covid pandemic, and how the forces unleashed by the crisis could be
just the medicine for its long-term cure. Covid patients
overwhelmed American hospitals. The world's most advanced and
expensive health care system crumbled, short of supplies and
personnel. The U.S. lost more patients than any other nation during
the pandemic. How could this happen? And how could this disaster
lead to a more resilient, rational and equitable health care system
in the future? How Covid Crashed the System answers these questions
with compelling stories and wide-angle analysis. Dr. David Nash, a
founder of the discipline of population health, and Charles
Wohlforth, an award-winning science writer, pick up the pieces of
the Covid disaster like investigators of a crashed airliner,
finding the root causes of America's failure to cope, and
delivering surprising answers that may reorient how you think about
your own health. From the broadest, cultural flaws that disabled
our health system to particular, institutional issues, America's
defenses fell due to racism and poverty, combined with a culture of
misguided individualism that tore communities apart. We suffered
from failed leadership and crippled public health agencies, and
hospitals built to make money from services, not deliver health.
But How Covid Crashed the System goes beyond analyzing those
problems, providing hope for change and fundamental improvement in
ways that will transform Americans' health. Covid's market
disruption encouraged new technology that allows for remote health
care. Integrated health organizations gained ground, working to
manage clients' total wellness from cradle to grave. Covid also
accelerated changes in medical education, to make doctor training
more equitable and better aligned to the skills we need. And Covid
forced employers to accept responsibility for their workers' health
in a new way, making them partners in this new movement. Using
systemic analysis of the Covid crash, the authors find reasons to
hope. America's health care establishment resisted reform for
decades, mired in waste and avoidable errors. Now, the pandemic
crisis has exposed its flaws for all to see, creating the
opportunities for systemic changes. Even without new laws or
government policies, America is moving toward a transformed health
system responsible for our wellness. How Covid Crashed the System
tells that story.
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