Transformative Healthcare: A Physician-Led Prescription to Save Thousands of Lives and Millions of Dollars

by Jeffrey Kuhlman, Daniel J. Peach Narrated by Time Lundeen

Overview

What if every patient received the kind of focused personal attention Dr. Kuhlman used with three U.S. Presidents? Kuhlman and Peach show how this level of care can be achieved now.

In Transformative Healthcare, Jeffrey Kuhlman, MD, and Daniel J. Peach unveil a step-by-step game plan to save millions of dollars and thousands of lives. How do they know it works? They've implemented it in several hospitals and seen dramatic results.

Dr. Kuhlman has spent his career emphasizing the merits of the patient-doctor relationship. Each one is unique. That's been his approach to care, whether it's with U.S. Presidents or with the person who shows up in an emergency room on a Saturday evening. Daniel Peach is an expert on human performance and change principles, as evidenced in his work in the ever-changing world of security and in hospital administration.

Together, and through a series of trials and errors, Kuhlman and Peach have come up with logical solutions to the healthcare dilemma, one event at a time. The answers are not some distant concepts in the ether. They're right in front us. It just takes a method to make them actionable. Kuhlman and Peach have the method. They eagerly and clearly share it in this book.

The genesis of these transformative methods goes back to their experiences with chest-pain patients in emergency departments. By developing a quick five-phase HEART Score rather than defaulting to tests (expensive and oftentimes unnecessary), they saved $32 million annually in just chest-pain events ... in one hospital. Outpatient care doubled and admission rates dropped by half.

Since then, similar methods have been implemented for patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft surgery, resulting in improved mortality and fewer readmissions. They've also developed a sepsis algorithm, which has resulted in 1,200 more patients every year living post-implementation.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

What if every patient received the kind of focused personal attention dr. Kuhlman used with three U.S. presidents? . . . Kuhlman and Peach show how you can provide this level of care now. - Alan S. Frankel, MD, from the Foreword

Clear, rational insights into how to transform healthcare . . . - James L. Gulley, MD, PhD, FACP, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health

The prescription . . . likely to heal what ails the U.S. healthcare system. - Bradley A. Connor, MD, AGA-F, FIDSA, FACP, FRCPS (Glas), Weill Cornell Medical College

The freshest, most resonant, and compelling thinking I have encountered in my career on how to improve America's healthcare system. - James A. D'Orta, MD, FACEP, Georgetown University School of Medicine

If you truly want to get to patient-centered care, this is a must-read book. - Peter Angood, MD, American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL)

From Navy flight surgeon to Physician to the President of the United States to hospital executive, Dr. Jeff Kuhlman . . . describes how his experiences from patient bedside to hospital boardroom have enabled him to develop practical and effective ways to improve patient care in America. - E. Connie Mariano, MD, FACP, Author, The White House Doctor: My Patients Were Presidents

If medicine is leaving you frustrated, burned out, and exhausted, now is the time to follow these distinguished healers to the place you wanted to be when you chose medicine. You can start today! - Lewis A. Hofmann, MD, FAAFP, Col (ret) USAF, MC, FS, Former White House Physician

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175186568
Publisher:	AdventHealth Press
Publication date:	08/02/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged