The goal of Margin + A Prescription for Curing Healthcare’s Cost Crisis is to share ideas to help solve the cost crisis in healthcare.
The mantra “No Margin, No Mission” provides a call to action and serves as the inspiration for this book. American healthcare costs have spiraled out of control, spending twice as much as any other industrialized nation, with an annual bill of over $3 trillion. The future for hospitals and health systems is cloudy at best as they seek shelter from a perfect storm of challenges that endangers their viability. All stakeholders in healthcare now face what might well be their biggest challenge ever – financial stewardship.
What has emerged is one of the biggest socioeconomic opportunities of our time – helping healthcare providers shift their focus away from driving volume to delivering value, from both a clinical and financial perspective.
Our hope is that this book fuels conversation and drives action to make a meaningful difference in bending the cost curve. It’s critical to get moving now because in order for healthcare to be healthy, Margin + Mission must be the prescription.