Book : Unaccountable What Hospitals Wont Tell You And How...

-Titulo Original : Unaccountable What Hospitals Wont Tell You And How Transparency Can Revolutionize Health Care

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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Every once in a while a book comes along that rocks the foundations of an established order thats seriously in need of being shaken. The modern American hospital is that establishment and Unaccountable is that book.--Shannon Brownlee, author of Overtreated Dr. Marty Makary is co-developer of the life-saving checklist outlined in Atul Gawandes bestseller The Checklist Manifesto. A Johns Hopkins surgeon and professor of public health, he can testify to the amazing power of modern medicine to cure. But hes also been a witness to a a system that frustrates doctors and patients alike. Dr. Makary describes the problem and presents disruptive innovations from success stories around the U.S. The ideas are powerful, but even more important, they are home-grown by the doctors on the front-lines of American healthcare. Unaccountable is a powerful, no-nonsense, non-partisan diagnosis for healing our hospitals and reforming our broken healthcare system. Review The problems he describes are real and disturbing . . . Dr. Makary argues that true reform will only come with full disclosure. - Laura Landro, The Wall Street JournalMakarys diagnosis is dangerous, damaging secrecy; his therapy is radical transparency . . . [His] argument is powerful . . . [He] makes a strong case that the system we have is a disaster for patients. - Trine Tsouderos, Chicago Tribune“Unaccountable is a gripping story about whats wrong with the American healthcare system and what we might do to make it better.” Peter Pronovost MD, PhD, Executive Vice-President, John Hopkins Hospital“A startling revelation of the dysfunction deeply embedded in the very culture of American medical practice, problems that healthcare reform scarcely beings to address.” Peter Boyer, Senior Correspondent for NewsweekThis book should be read by all people, not just doctors and health administrators, so they can make wise decisions when it comes to choosing where, when and who will provide healthcare for themselves and their loved ones. You will be a wiser health consumer for reading this book. Michael E Johns, M.D., Chancellor, Emory University About the Author Marty Makary, M.D., M.P.H. is a surgeon at Johns Hopkins Hospital and a Professor of Health Policy at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Makary is a leading voice for physicians writing for the Wall Street Journal and USA Today and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine. He tweets @MartyMakary and lives in the Washington DC area.