Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg Discusses Her Theory on the Cycle of Care

Excuse me doctor, why is my treatment so limited? Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg, co-author of Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results sat down with Lawrence R. Velvel the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law and the host of the television show Books of Our Time to discuss the medical industries view of patient care. Teisberg suggests that today's health care needs to stop focusing on the acute episodes of an illness rather the industry must focus on the entire cycle of care, from prevention to treatment. She believes that the failure to focus on the full cycle of care leads a non-progressive manner of care. 

 

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