The Care of the Uninsured in America (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)

As Dr. Cullen's chapter on information technology points out, what is required is not just a new electronic system that follows the patients, but a new language that creates and defines a system that can appropriately care for the patient. What we design for the complexities of caring for the medically underserved can serve as model for caring for everyone in this country. Many innovative, bold, and wonderful solutions have been developed as local/ regional models. As communities and states we can learn from, and support, each other. But the local models are not, by and large, self-sustaining. Ultimately, so- tions to the lack of medical insurance in this country will require a national persp- tive, and federal funding. That is part of the work we all must do, and Dr. Dalen's chapter points out some of the possibilities and pitfalls other countries have experienced. When I wonder how the system we have hasn't already collapsed from its own weight, I just need to look at the people working within it. Healthcare is a service industry, and we have been blessed with professionals who understand and live the concept of service in their daily lives, who go the extra mile for the patient despite the vagaries, the barriers, and the sometimes mean spiritedness of the organi- tional infrastructure.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2009
First published:	October 2009
Editors:	Nancy J. Johnson • Lane P. Johnson
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	286
Edition:	2010 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-387-78307-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General
LSN:	0-387-78307-5
Barcode:	9780387783079

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