title: Healthcare tipping points.
abstract: Cost and quality are two significant tipping points that will dramatically change the healthcare environment. Major changes in the way health care is delivered and financed are expected to occur over a relatively short period. Healthcare delivery will need to be reengineered. Key to accomplishing this objective is technology.
authors.affiliation: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Oakland, Calif, USA.
authors.forename: George C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Halvorson
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017048:Health Care Costs; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D013672:Technology; D014481:United States