West Health is a new initiative funded by Gary and Mary West, four separate organizations (read about them here), pursuing innovations in healthcare. The parent organization has a new blog on patient perspectives, “West Wire.” The first post on July 9 was an interview with friend / colleague / attorney Donna Cryer, then they invited me to submit a post.
I chose to blend the Institute of Medicine’s report Best Care at Lower Cost (which said our health system must be “anchored on patient needs and perspectives”) with California-style disruptive innovation, which is about serving the customer perspective. Their final post is here (edited to fit their word count); my original full text is below. My wording is more in-your-face than I usually am, but I chose my words thoughtfully, and I mean it.:-)
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