Five Common Fallacies about Improving US Healthcare Delivery

 

Robert K. Smoldt

Chief Administrative Officer Emeritus, Mayo Clinic
Associate Director, Healthcare Delivery and Policy
Program, Arizona State University

 

Please join us September 29th at 11:30 am MT for a presentation with Robert K. Smoldt, Chief Administrative Officer Emeritus, Mayo Clinic Associate Director, Healthcare Delivery and Policy Program, Arizona State University. This presentation will cover how the US healthcare delivery system is far from perfect.  The overriding complaints are that a) in the US we have high cost of care but do not receive good value for the money spent and b) the US is the only high GDP country without universal health insurance coverage. There are many suggestions about how to improve healthcare delivery in our country.  This presentation will look at 5 common suggestions for improvement that, if implemented, would not do as much to improve US healthcare delivery as their proponent’s desire.  In fact, some might actually work against the goal of a high value US healthcare delivery system.

Take Aways:

1. Understanding of the interdependencies in the delivery of efficient high value healthcare. 
2. Often a suggestion for change, may improve one aspect in the delivery of healthcare, while causing problems in another.
3. There is no perfect healthcare delivery system.
4. There are tradeoffs involved in any improvement effort.
5. Weighing the tradeoffs should be done carefully when making the needed improvements in our country’s healthcare system.

SPECIAL REQUEST:  OUR SPEAKER, BOB SMOLDT, HAS ASKED US TO SHARE WITH YOU “A SHORT SURVEY” FOR YOU TO COMPLETE ON YOUR VIEWS ABOUT U.S. HEALTHCARE DELIVERY–EVEN IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND HIS PRESENTATION. YOUR VIEWS ABOUT US HEALTHCARE DELIVERY–EVEN IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND.

About the Speaker

Robert K. Smoldt is the Chief Administrative Officer emeritus of Mayo Clinic. He served as a member of the Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees and Mayo Clinic Executive Committee from 1990 – 2007. Presently he serves as Associate Director of the Arizona State University Healthcare Delivery and Policy Program.

Bob earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Southern California. He has given numerous presentations and is a recognized speaker on the health care environment.

At Mayo he worked in a variety of administrative positions in both medical and surgical departments prior to being named the Chief Administrative Officer. Bob also served two terms on the Board of Catholic Health Initiatives.

 

He has been active in the Medical Group Management Association, a professional group of healthcare leaders who work together to improve their knowledge, skills and the effectiveness of medical group practices. He has chaired the organization’s research and marketing committees and has acted as moderator of its international conference in London, England. In addition, he was a member of the Medical Group Management Association National Awards Committee.

 

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