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If you want to know who is to blame for the high costs of medical care and the broken healthcare system...
THERE IS PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND!
INSURERS who charge high premiums for insurance that is sometimes worse than having no insurance at all. These companies often deny payment for the treatment patients need even though you have "good" insurance and pay your premiums.
HOSPITALS that keep patients in the dark about quality of care, costs of testing and procedures and all the choices patients have available to them.
DRUG COMPANIES that charge 5, 10, or 20 X more for the same drug in the United States than they charge in other countries.
PRIVATE EQUITY owned staffing companies a.k.a. contract management groups that add additional costs and add little value to patients. Companies that are driven by profits and often staff with non-specialists but charge you the same as what a specialist would charge.
LEGAL / TORT system that adds hundreds of billions of dollars to the cost of healthcare each year. Lawsuits cause many providers to practice defensive medicine that adds significantly to healthcare costs and sometimes creates a shortage of doctors and specialists available to you and have caused trauma centers to close making it more likely for people to die because they cannot get appropriate and timely care.
GOVERNMENT that is inefficient and influenced by special interest groups that makes ridiculous laws and regulations that reduces access to care and makes costs artificially higher.
PEOPLE who make poor and unhealthy diet and lifestyle choices. It is pointed out that as much as 50% or more of illnesses could prevented or reduced by changing our lifestyles and diets.
If we want to fix our healthcare system, spend less and live healthier lives, we must change the way we do things. We cannot continue to do the same things and expect things to get better. We have tried this for too long. The United States is #1 in healthcare spending but dead last in healthcare when compared to other industrialized countries.
In IN THE DARK, Dr. Etch Shaheen MD, a board certified emergency physician, and well respected efficiency expert in healthcare who has treated tens of thousands of patients, does a great job of explaining chapter by chapter the role insurers, hospitals, drug companies, government, the public and others, that he collectively refers to the bunch as the "Healthcare Complex," play in our unaffordable and unacceptable healthcare system. He shows example after example how the Healthcare Complex, that controls or influences healthcare to patients, keep patients in the dark about information that is useful and valuable to them when they need to make important healthcare decisions.
People continually talk about the symptoms of our "sick" healthcare system instead of trying to cure the cause. Why aren't we putting more energy in preventing illness and keeping people healthy instead of waiting until, or allowing, people to get sick? Is it because of money? Is it human nature? Is it irresponsibility? It is plain stupid how we handle healthcare.
Dr. Shaheen not only points out the problems but also offers common sense, innovative and creative solutions that can improve healthcare and make it much more affordable. He discusses the importance of incentives and disincentives to encourage good choices and discourage bad behavior. The author explains the need for everyone to be engaged, personally responsible and accountable. This applies to patients and all the players within the Healthcare Complex. There must be consequences to the choices and behavior everyone makes. This will lead to better health and a sustainable healthcare system.
The importance of diet is discussed and concerns about red meat, particularly processed meats are raised. There is discussion of plant-based proteins and the environmental, humane treatment to animals, and human health benefits of such a diet. In addition, the book contains a useful glossary with many terms used in the insurance and medical industry that is a great reference to readers.
The book is written in plain language that is easy to understand and makes the book hard to put down. IN THE DARK is a must read for anyone who wants to understand their healthcare, obtain better medical care, pay lower prices and live a healthier life.
THERE IS PLENTY OF BLAME TO GO AROUND!
INSURERS who charge high premiums for insurance that is sometimes worse than having no insurance at all. These companies often deny payment for the treatment patients need even though you have "good" insurance and pay your premiums.
HOSPITALS that keep patients in the dark about quality of care, costs of testing and procedures and all the choices patients have available to them.
DRUG COMPANIES that charge 5, 10, or 20 X more for the same drug in the United States than they charge in other countries.
PRIVATE EQUITY owned staffing companies a.k.a. contract management groups that add additional costs and add little value to patients. Companies that are driven by profits and often staff with non-specialists but charge you the same as what a specialist would charge.
LEGAL / TORT system that adds hundreds of billions of dollars to the cost of healthcare each year. Lawsuits cause many providers to practice defensive medicine that adds significantly to healthcare costs and sometimes creates a shortage of doctors and specialists available to you and have caused trauma centers to close making it more likely for people to die because they cannot get appropriate and timely care.
GOVERNMENT that is inefficient and influenced by special interest groups that makes ridiculous laws and regulations that reduces access to care and makes costs artificially higher.
PEOPLE who make poor and unhealthy diet and lifestyle choices. It is pointed out that as much as 50% or more of illnesses could prevented or reduced by changing our lifestyles and diets.
If we want to fix our healthcare system, spend less and live healthier lives, we must change the way we do things. We cannot continue to do the same things and expect things to get better. We have tried this for too long. The United States is #1 in healthcare spending but dead last in healthcare when compared to other industrialized countries.
In IN THE DARK, Dr. Etch Shaheen MD, a board certified emergency physician, and well respected efficiency expert in healthcare who has treated tens of thousands of patients, does a great job of explaining chapter by chapter the role insurers, hospitals, drug companies, government, the public and others, that he collectively refers to the bunch as the "Healthcare Complex," play in our unaffordable and unacceptable healthcare system. He shows example after example how the Healthcare Complex, that controls or influences healthcare to patients, keep patients in the dark about information that is useful and valuable to them when they need to make important healthcare decisions.
People continually talk about the symptoms of our "sick" healthcare system instead of trying to cure the cause. Why aren't we putting more energy in preventing illness and keeping people healthy instead of waiting until, or allowing, people to get sick? Is it because of money? Is it human nature? Is it irresponsibility? It is plain stupid how we handle healthcare.
Dr. Shaheen not only points out the problems but also offers common sense, innovative and creative solutions that can improve healthcare and make it much more affordable. He discusses the importance of incentives and disincentives to encourage good choices and discourage bad behavior. The author explains the need for everyone to be engaged, personally responsible and accountable. This applies to patients and all the players within the Healthcare Complex. There must be consequences to the choices and behavior everyone makes. This will lead to better health and a sustainable healthcare system.
The importance of diet is discussed and concerns about red meat, particularly processed meats are raised. There is discussion of plant-based proteins and the environmental, humane treatment to animals, and human health benefits of such a diet. In addition, the book contains a useful glossary with many terms used in the insurance and medical industry that is a great reference to readers.
The book is written in plain language that is easy to understand and makes the book hard to put down. IN THE DARK is a must read for anyone who wants to understand their healthcare, obtain better medical care, pay lower prices and live a healthier life.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781952827099 |
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| Publisher: | Knowledge is Power Publishing |
| Publication date: | 06/01/2020 |
| Pages: | 376 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.84(d) |
About the Author
Dr. Edward Shaheen, MD has treated tens of thousands of patients. He has worked in small rural emergency rooms to large trauma centers across the southeastern United States. He grew up in a family of modest means working hard to excel in his studies. He attended the University of California at Berkeley and earned his BA Arts degree with Distinction in Economics from the University of Virginia. He received his medical degree from the University of Virginia, School of Medicine.
He is a recognized leader in the field of emergency medicine having been the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and serving as Medical Director at numerous hospital emergency departments. The emergency rooms that he has led have also been recognized as industry leading. One of his ER’s received the Touchstone Award, a national award that recognizes innovative efforts to improve health outcomes. He was the first ER physician in Louisiana to perform Tele-Emergency Medicine. Dr. Shaheen is also on the Board of Governors for Louisiana College of Emergency Physicians and headed the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Telemedicine and Telehealth Section.
Dr. Shaheen is a distinguished representative of his profession. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has been a member of various associations including the American Medical Association (AMA), ACEP, Florida Medical Association, Virginia Medical Association, Louisiana Medical Association, and Texas College of Emergency Physicians, Florida College of Emergency Medicine and Louisiana College of Emergency Physicians.
After 25 years of treating patients, Dr. Shaheen is combining his love of people, medicine and knowledge to put forward what he has learned about medicine and author a book that outlines what he has learned over the course of his career and his new approach to medical care called “Patient Obsessed©” healthcare. He hopes to help others understand in plain language the healthcare system that they are a part of and empower people to obtain better healthcare and live healthier lives. He also hopes to encourage doctors, health insurers, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals to adopt a “Patient Obsessed©” approach to the people that they serve.
He is a recognized leader in the field of emergency medicine having been the Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine and serving as Medical Director at numerous hospital emergency departments. The emergency rooms that he has led have also been recognized as industry leading. One of his ER’s received the Touchstone Award, a national award that recognizes innovative efforts to improve health outcomes. He was the first ER physician in Louisiana to perform Tele-Emergency Medicine. Dr. Shaheen is also on the Board of Governors for Louisiana College of Emergency Physicians and headed the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Telemedicine and Telehealth Section.
Dr. Shaheen is a distinguished representative of his profession. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He has been a member of various associations including the American Medical Association (AMA), ACEP, Florida Medical Association, Virginia Medical Association, Louisiana Medical Association, and Texas College of Emergency Physicians, Florida College of Emergency Medicine and Louisiana College of Emergency Physicians.
After 25 years of treating patients, Dr. Shaheen is combining his love of people, medicine and knowledge to put forward what he has learned about medicine and author a book that outlines what he has learned over the course of his career and his new approach to medical care called “Patient Obsessed©” healthcare. He hopes to help others understand in plain language the healthcare system that they are a part of and empower people to obtain better healthcare and live healthier lives. He also hopes to encourage doctors, health insurers, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals to adopt a “Patient Obsessed©” approach to the people that they serve.
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