'This is an insightful book from a group of scholars who not only have excellent research credentials, but also have strong understanding of the real world that health care organizations live in. In many different areas needed to improve health care, they present what evidence research provides about what works and what does not and document where the research has been used and where it has not.' Paul B. Ginsburg, Professor of Health Policy, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
1. Baseline observations Mark Pauly; 2. Evidence and growth in aggregate spending and changes in health outcomes Mark Pauly and Benjamin Chartock; 3. The benchmark decision model, the value of evidence, and alternative decision processes Mark Pauly; 4. Care coordination Lawton R. Burns and Rachel M. Werner; 5. Evidence-based programs to improve transitional care of older adults Mary Naylor and Rachel M. Werner; 6. Vertical integration of physician and hospitals: three decades of futile building upon a shaky foundation Lawton R. Burns, David Asch, and Ralph Muller; 7. Evidence on provider payment and medical care management Ralph Muller and Mark Pauly; 8. Evidence on ways to bring about effective consumer and patient engagement Kevin Volpp and Mark Pauly; 9. The unmet and evolving need for evidence-based telehealth Krisda Chaiyachati and Bimal Desai; 10. Evidence and the management of health care for disadvantaged populations Mark Pauly, Ralph Muller, and Mary Naylor; 11. Driving innovation in health care: external evidence, decision-making and leadership Flaura Winston and Mark Pauly; 12. Concluding chapter.