title: Health care futures, Part 1. The emergence of the new health care consumer. Panel discussion.
abstract: In Part 1 of this second annual panel discussion, six experts examine the new health care consumer. The whole concept of the patient as consumer still makes people uneasy when it's applied to health care. Whether you prefer consumer, customer, purchaser, end-user, ultimate buyer, or beneficiary, one thing's for sure: Many of us are as different from the bygone patient as an HMO is from the general practitioner who made house calls. One of the reasons for many Americans' new interest, knowledge, attitudes, and expectations about health and health care is the Internet, the second topic in this discussion. In Part 2, physician executives from the three leading physician practice management companies (PPMCs) join Jeff Goldsmith, Barbara LeTourneau, and Uwe Reinhardt for a spirited exchange about this burgeoning new industry in the American health care sector. They will tackle questions such as: Are PPMCs delivering what they promise? What will separate successful PPMCs from the rest? Can PPMCs meet Wall Street's earnings expectations and also help physicians deliver better care? When PPMCs win, who loses? And, what roles will physician executives play in PPMCs?
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Holt
authors: G N
authors: GN
authors: Larkin
authors: B
authors: B
authors: LeTourneau
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Reinhardt
authors: H E
authors: HE
authors: Rippen
authors: T G
authors: TG
authors: Weatherup
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003256:Community Participation; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D006123:Group Practice / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000639:trends; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000639:trends*; D006304:Health Status; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D008486:Physician Executives; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012308:Risk Management; D014481:United States