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Demanding Medical Excellence: Doctors and Accountability in the Information Age Book

Michael L. Millenson's Demanding Medical Excellence is guaranteed to make you feel good about the managed care industry--especially after he gets finished chronicling the medical nightmares of the past. Prior to the days of HMOs, doctors were like the gunslingers of the Wild West, operating under their own rules, with no standards by which to measure the quality of their care and no systems to regulate consistent practices. Millenson, a science writer, shows that--until the mid-'80s, when managed health care became more in demand--medical practices varied wildly from place to place and doctor to doctor. In some areas of Minnesota, for example, cesarean births were as high as 48 percent, while in others, they only comprised 9 percent. Even worse, many doctors are still unaware of the latest discoveries in treating life-threatening conditions. For Millenson, managed care is a way of systematically assuring quality control in the health field, making sure that information about new techniques and treatments are widely disseminated, and that the caliber of care is consistently high.Read More

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    Demanding Medical Excellence is a groundbreaking and accessible work that reveals how the information revolution is changing the way doctors make decisions. Michael Millenson, a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee as a health-care reporter for the Chicago Tribune, illustrates serious flaws in contemporary medical practice and shows ways to improve care and save tens of thousands of lives.

    "If you read only one book this year, read Demanding Medical Excellence. It's that good, and the revolution it describes is that important."--Health Affairs

    "Millenson has done yeoman's work in amassing and understanding that avalanche of data that lies beneath most of the managed-care headlines. . . . What he finds is both important and well-explained: inconsistency, overlap, and inattention to quality measures in medical treatment cost more and are more dangerous than most cost-cutting measures. . . . [This book] elevates the healthcare debate to a new level and deserves a wide readership."--Library Journal

    "An involving, human narrative explaining how we got to where we are today and what lies ahead."--Mark Taylor, Philadelphia Inquirer

    "Read this book. It will entertain you, challenge, and strengthen you in your quest for better accountability in health care."--Alex R. Rodriguez, M.D., American Journal of Medical Quality

    "Finally, a health-care book that doesn't wring its hands over the decline of medicine at the hands of money-grubbing corporations. . . . This is a readable account of what Millenson calls a 'quiet revolution' in health care, and his optimism makes for a refreshing change."--Publishers Weekly

    "With meticulous detail, historical accuracy, and an uncommon understanding of the clinical field, Millenson documents our struggle to reach accountability."--Saty Satya-Murti, M.D., Journal of the American Medical Association

  • 0226525872
  • 9780226525877
  • Michael Millenson
  • 27 November 1997
  • University of Chicago Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 469
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