Catastrophic Care
How American Health Care Killed My Father--and How We Can Fix It
A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system.In 2007, David Goldhill's father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year caused by medical error. The bill was enormous-and Medicare paid it. These circumstances left Goldhill angry and determined to understand how world-class technology and personnel could coexist with such carelessness-and how a business that failed so mis…
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- ISBN: 978-0-307-96154-9
- EAN: 9780307961549
- Produktnummer: 13098883
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
Über den Autor
David Goldhill is president and chief executive officer of GSN, which operates a U.S. cable television network seen in more than 75 million homes and is one of the world's largest digital games companies. He is a member of the board of directors of The Leapfrog Group, an employer-sponsored organization dedicated to hospital safety and transparency. Goldhill graduated from Harvard University with a BA in history and holds an MA in history from New York University.
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