COST CONTROL REQUIRES CULTURE CHANGE
Until recently, the main framework for thinking about reform has been one of shortages and disparities. That has begun to shift as patients and providers become more aware of the problem of unnecessary or avoidable care. Efforts to improve care and control costs will not be successful unless policymakers, payers, providers, and patients address the problem of avoidable care.
Considerable uncertainty remains. How much care in the US is avoidable? Can we quantify its consequences, in terms of financial impact and harms? What factors drive overutilization and inappropriate medical services, how can we to curb this, and do physicians have an ethical duty to do so?
Organized by the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the New America Foundation, and co-hosted by the Institute of Medicine, the Conference on Avoiding Avoidable Care will propose solutions to the problem of avoidable care in all areas of medicine, and facilitate the transformation of the American health care culture from one focused on volume and quantity to one centered on value and quality. Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine, will deliver the keynote address.
The Conference is by invitation only, and if you are interested in attending, pleasecontact us.
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