George Halvorson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, Talks on the CEO Show About a Vision for the Future of Healthcare
George Halvorson, CEO of Kaiser Permanente, talks on the CEO Show with host, Robert Reiss, about providing high-performing healthcare business model that uses a “vertically integrated care team.” Halvorson discusses what needs to be achieved to improve healthcare delivery, the benefits of technology, thoughts on business leadership, and a fundamental problem – the absence of incentives.
Ridgefield, CT, December 16, 2010 --(PR.com)-- George Halvorson, CEO and Chairman of Kaiser Permanente, talks on the CEO Show with host, Robert Reiss, about providing high-performing healthcare using a “vertically integrated care team.” Halvorson explains that medical care organizations where patient care is well orchestrated typically produce “much better outcomes for patients with problems such heart disease, diabetes, and other chronic diseases.”
In his interview, Halvorson exhibits optimism about what he knows can be done to improve medical care delivery in the U.S., based on what has been achieved at Kaiser Permanente, not on some theoretical projection. Halvorson speaks about technologies that are still not widely used in the industry such as electronic medical records and he provides a solid example to demonstrate this point.
Halvorson also speaks about moving healthcare forward as detailed in his recent book, “Healthcare Will Not Reform Itself”: And Halvorson is certain that there is much more that needs to be done if healthcare is to be better and more cost-effective. He points out that the most troublesome problem is that there are no financial incentives to improve care and to make delivery more efficient. In fact, Halvorson says, “the current business model actually works against fixing the problems.”
Speaking about leadership of business organizations, Halvorson suggests the importance of being “very aware of the world around you.” At Kaiser Permanente, this means that he and his leadership staff work at “visiting the customers, visiting the people we work with, visiting patients, but also visiting our competitors and the vendors of products and services.”
Information about Kaiser Permanente can be obtained at: http://kaiserpermanente.com/
The interview with George Halvorson can be heard at : www.ceoshow.com
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In his interview, Halvorson exhibits optimism about what he knows can be done to improve medical care delivery in the U.S., based on what has been achieved at Kaiser Permanente, not on some theoretical projection. Halvorson speaks about technologies that are still not widely used in the industry such as electronic medical records and he provides a solid example to demonstrate this point.
Halvorson also speaks about moving healthcare forward as detailed in his recent book, “Healthcare Will Not Reform Itself”: And Halvorson is certain that there is much more that needs to be done if healthcare is to be better and more cost-effective. He points out that the most troublesome problem is that there are no financial incentives to improve care and to make delivery more efficient. In fact, Halvorson says, “the current business model actually works against fixing the problems.”
Speaking about leadership of business organizations, Halvorson suggests the importance of being “very aware of the world around you.” At Kaiser Permanente, this means that he and his leadership staff work at “visiting the customers, visiting the people we work with, visiting patients, but also visiting our competitors and the vendors of products and services.”
Information about Kaiser Permanente can be obtained at: http://kaiserpermanente.com/
The interview with George Halvorson can be heard at : www.ceoshow.com
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