Market-Driven Healthcare: Who Wins, Who Loses in the Transformation of America's Largest Service Industry

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Summary: Where was the editor?
Review: There's a good idea or two in here. You won't haveany problem at all finding out which one - thereare only two in the book. These are: 1. Health care will become more of a consumerist industry 2. Focused factories are excellent vehicles for delivering care These are pretty damn sensible ideas. Policy wonks, though, already know this. And others, frankly, should not read this book, since it is (somewhat) careless in its factual delineation of how the HC market operates. If you can, track down some of RH's shorter papers. They're pretty durn good.

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Summary: Admirable goals,solutions ignore some regulatory constraints
Review: There's hope. Finally, a clear thinker presents a viable case for something other than a purely political solution to the continuing health care cost crisis. Herzlinger is anything but pithy. However, buried in the laborious presentation of her case is a blueprint for the only real solution to this critical problem (i.e., a serious dose of personal responsibility for the cost of health care by those who create the demand). This book is worth reading.

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Summary: Herzlinger realizes that government can't solve everything.
Review: There's hope. Finally, a clear thinker presents a viable case for something other than a purely political solution to the continuing health care cost crisis. Herzlinger is anything but pithy. However, buried in the laborious presentation of her case is a blueprint for the only real solution to this critical problem (i.e., a serious dose of personal responsibility for the cost of health care by those who create the demand). This book is worth reading.

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Summary: This book has been widely hailed in the medical community.
Review: This book received rave reviews in such varied publications as the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, the New England Journal of Medicine, the British Medical Journal, JAMA, and the New Democrat. It won the book year award from the American College of Health Care Executives. Since its publication it has regularly appeared in the Ingram Books' list of top 50 current events best sellers for good reason.