Overview

Health care is going through a once-in-a-lifetime change that presents an opportunity to make it friendly, equitable and focused on health assurance – if the industry and its leaders embrace transformation. With his extensive experience in medical education, universities and hospital system management, Stephen Klasko has written about change as a good thing for the consumers of care. Transformation can bring “understanding,” not just transparency – understanding both potential costs, and potential outcomes. The author argues that inequities in care apply across numerous nations, where access to care remains difficult despite national differences in payment systems.