Patience Quote by Michael E. Porter

“The most important limitation of [clinical] guidelines is that the recommendations may be wrong... Practices that are sub-optimal from the patient’s perspective may be…

— Steven H. Woolf

“Keeping high-volume procedures within general hospitals allows hospitals to subsidize the unique, low-volume specialized capabilities that are so central to the value proposition of…

— Clayton M. Christensen

Today the demands are for even higher standards in the quality of care, for greater flexibility and convenience in treatment times, and for more…

— Lucy Powell

“Competing on results requires that results be measured and made widely available. Only by measuring and holding every system participant accountable for results will…

— Michael E. Porter

“Rather than measuring results and rewarding excellent providers with more patients, the focus has been on lifting all boats by attempting to raise all…

— Michael E. Porter

“Consumers will only be able to play a bigger role in their care, and make better choices, if providers and health plans realign competition…

— Michael E. Porter

“When possible, quality is founded on evidence-based medicine that not only includes clinical data, but also economic and patient-centered outcomes.”

— David B. Nash

It is impossible to improve any process until it is standardized. If the process is shifting from here to there, then any improvement will…

— Masaaki Imai

“Competition on value must revolve around results. The results that matter are patient outcomes per unit of cost at the medical condition level.”

— Michael E. Porter

“The fundamental problem in the U.S. health care system is that the structure of health care delivery is broken. This is what all the…

— Michael E. Porter

“Competition has taken place at the wrong levels, and on the wrong things. It has gravitated to a zero-sum competition, in which the gains…

— Michael E. Porter

“competition takes place on discrete interventions rather than the full cycle of care where value is determined. Value can only be measured over the…

— Michael E. Porter