title: Transforming U.S. health care: the arduous road to value.
abstract: The solution to the crisis in U.S. health care lies not in longing for the good old days or lobbying for higher reimbursements, but rather in taking a lesson from industry and producing a higher quality product more efficiently. The way to accomplish such a tall order is through collecting better information and applying it to improve care. The tools required are available: computers to gather and analyze data, the Internet to communicate information, research to advance the practice of medicine. The enduring health care organizations will be those that understand and embrace the coming changes, and change themselves.
authors.affiliation: Healthcare Improvement PeaceHealth, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Haughom
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D019981:Health Care Sector; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019451:Information Management; D020407:Internet; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D017749:Total Quality Management; D014481:United States