Are costs under control? Are we any closer to achieving the best outcomes at the lowest prices? Have improvements been made to healthcare’s leading indicators? Are we demonstrating progress toward meaningful use? Is the U.S. healthcare delivery system truly delivering on its promise of a value-based model?

BACKGROUND:

Regarding the U.S. healthcare’s traditional delivery system:

Is the need for innovation overdue?
Is it time for a new approach?
Can strategic planning fix healthcare?

ASSIGNMENT:

Read the attached article by Michael Porter and Thomas Lee, MD (2013) Harvard Business News, The Strategy That Will Fix Healthcare. The significance of this article is the year it was written. From a 2013 perspective, it has been nearly a decade since Porter and Lee made their recommendations. Are costs under control? Are we any closer to achieving the best outcomes at the lowest prices? Have improvements been made to healthcare’s leading indicators? Are we demonstrating progress toward meaningful use? Is the U.S. healthcare delivery system truly delivering on its promise of a value-based model?

INSTRUCTIONS:

In a five-page, double-spaced, APA formatted paper with a minimum of 4 references, please provide your objective opinion on what’s working and what’s not working along with your recommendations from a strategic planning perspectives on how you would fix it.

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