Shaping High Quality, Affordable and Equitable Healthcare: Meaningful Innovation and System Transformation

Healthcare systems are under intense pressure due to ageing populations, declining workforce, funding restraints, and spending cuts. This book defines sustainable healthcare as an integrated system that delivers high-quality, safe patient care at the lowest possible cost and focuses on outcomes that patients value. It brings together knowledge from academics to shape healthcare service delivery in a way that delivers sustainable value to society.

Format: Hardback
Length: 388 pages
Publication date: 07 October 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

The healthcare systems across the globe are facing immense pressures, driven by factors such as an aging population, declining workforce, limited funding, and spending cuts. This complex and challenging environment has made it increasingly difficult to provide the essential services that are vital to the well-being of many individuals. In response to this challenge, this book defines sustainable healthcare as an integrated system that involves collaboration among stakeholders to deliver high-quality, safe, and cost-effective patient care while prioritizing outcomes that are valued by patients.

To explore how we can shape healthcare service delivery in a way that delivers sustainable value to society as a whole, this book brings together an extensive body of knowledge from a distinguished group of academics. The chapters in this edited collection cover a wide range of topics, including healthcare management, healthcare innovation, the role of technology in healthcare, sustainable healthcare management, and healthcare in public policy.

This book will be of immense interest to academics, researchers, and practitioners working in the fields of healthcare management, healthcare innovation, technology in healthcare, sustainable healthcare management, and healthcare in public policy. It will provide valuable insights and practical solutions to the challenges that these professionals face, helping them to deliver better outcomes for patients and society as a whole.

Weight: 657g
Dimension: 210 x 148 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031242113
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023