5 important people gave their thoughts about our current healthcare system in this Becker’s Hospital Review article:

– Jonathan Bush, founder and CEO of athenahealth (Watertown, Mass.)

– Malcolm Gladwell, journalist and best-selling author

– Chuck Lauer, former publisher of Modern Healthcare, and author, public speaker and career coach

– Nancy Schlichting, CEO of Henry Ford Health System (Detroit)

– John Halamka, MD, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Boston)

My favorite thoughts in a nutshell:

– On healthcare’s sustainability: new infrastructure is essential. Obsolete systems are a burden and a brake when it comes to innovation and efficiency.

– On changing the practice of medicine: doctors will have to consider the patient as a whole and spend time taking care of all the aspects of his/her health.

– On high-price medicine: prices should be linked with the innovation the product brings to the patient and the other stakeholders including the health system.

– On sharing healthcare data: data sharing with the goal of improving the life of each patient by learning and analytics could be a game-changer in the next future.

All these quotes could inspire leadership styles and help us create, implement and deliver better care for the patients in need.

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