The health care system in the United States is in crisis, and the implications for companies and their employees profound. As employers struggle with ruthless double health insurance cost increases, some firms have decided to give full coverage, and many others have moved the cost of staff. Meanwhile, the quality of medical care paid for companies and their employees remain highly uneven. Business itself can not solve the health care crisis in all its aspects, but it does not mean that he can not do much to improve the system. Some companies are taking a more active control of the issue and to get the best results in cost and quality. To learn from companies and from those who influence and delivery of health services, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with leaders in business, healthcare and related industries. The main lesson of his studies: companies need to build bridges to other players in the system to address the systemic problems that are beyond the scope of even the most powerful corporations. They offer a partnership-based health care agenda for the business, which will benefit not only the company and the employees, but also the overall health to strengthen market mechanisms and encourage effective cooperation. "Hide
by Leonard L. Berry, Ann M. Mirabito, Donald M. Berwick Source: MIT Sloan Management Review 11 pages. Publication Date: July 1, 2004. Prod. #: SMR145-PDF-ENG
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