Driving New Science of Healthcare Delivery: What Does It Take to Make an Impact?

摘要

The premise of this commentary is to suggest that the OM community has a unique opportunity to play a major role in developing a new science of healthcare delivery that will enable the design of new more cost-effective healthcare delivery approaches,rnmethods, and organizations. Indeed, this is a unique opportunity to make a long-lasting impact on one of the most important national challenges that the United States is currently facing. Green (2012) as well as the corresponding commentaries outline just a few examples of central issues that should be addressed.