Author Interviews, Cost of Health Care, Health Care Systems, JAMA / 08.10.2019
Reducing Administrative Complexity Biggest Opportunity to Reduce Health Care Waste
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
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Dr. Shrank[/caption]
William Shrank, MD, MSHS
Chief Medical Officer
Humana
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Health care waste is a serious problem in the system and the rising and uncontrolled costs of healthcare remain one of the top political and social issues in the U.S. We thought that sufficient time had passed since the 2012 groundbreaking analysis that was developed by Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP and Andrew D. Hackbarth, MPhil, that first characterized waste in the US health system.
Dr. Shrank[/caption]
William Shrank, MD, MSHS
Chief Medical Officer
Humana
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Health care waste is a serious problem in the system and the rising and uncontrolled costs of healthcare remain one of the top political and social issues in the U.S. We thought that sufficient time had passed since the 2012 groundbreaking analysis that was developed by Donald M. Berwick, MD, MPP and Andrew D. Hackbarth, MPhil, that first characterized waste in the US health system. 