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11 feb 2009 - 15:03
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Koninklijke Philips N.V.
Titel
Philips Chief Medical Officer calls for reformation and reaffirmation to drive health care
Bericht
February 11, 2009
PHILIPS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER CALLS FOR REFORMATION AND REAFFIRMATION TO DRIVE HEALTH CARE
Advocates for innovation through compassion and renewed commitment to patients
Washington, D.C., U.S.A. – Addressing key national health care experts today at the “State of the Union for Health Care” Conference, Eric Silfen M.D., chief medical officer of Philips Healthcare, called for reform both within the U.S. health care industry and abroad, and a reaffirmation of a commitment to patients. With a focus on ensuring high-quality, accessible care and a renewed commitment to patients, the key to change is through meaningful innovation which encompasses both technology and health care delivery, Silfen noted.
“We’re living in uncertain times. While the economic downturn remains first and foremost, as a physician, I believe that our health care system should provide peace of mind for all Americans,” Silfen said. “I rightly believe that people have an expectation that if in need, they will receive the quality care they require. There is much work ahead of us as clinicians, product and service suppliers, health policymakers and public opinion leaders to fundamentally strengthen our health care system and make it sustainable.”
Silfen suggested four key elements that should be considered in the plans of the Obama Administration as it prepares to tackle the daunting, but achievable, challenge of health care reform:
• Health care must move away from a facility-centric approach to one that provides care wherever patients prefer it. Innovation enables the treatment of more patients in the physician’s office or the patient’s home, which helps to lower costs, while providing care in a place of comfort and convenience.
• The health care system must move away from paying doctors and hospitals for services and interventions, and, instead, move towards a payment system that reflects the overall manner in which patient care is delivered today. By shifting payment toward
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