Institutional change in health care: opportunities in the coming crisis

Abstract

Purpose

Aims to review institutional change in health care and to look for opportunities in what the author sees as a coming crisis.

Design/methodology/approach

A consultant on health‐care systems reviews the forces driving transformation in medicine, including new technologies, telemedicine, and prevention.

Findings

Finds forces driving transformation in medicine limited in addressing the crisis of spiraling cost and mediocre, overly complex treatment.

Originality/value

Concludes that a dramatic shift in perspective is coming as baby boomers are forced to face the inevitability of death in positive terms.

Citation

Peck, J.C. (2005), "Institutional change in health care: opportunities in the coming crisis", On the Horizon, Vol. 13 No. 1, pp. 36-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/10748120510601653