Jeff Bauer, Ph.D., is a nationally recognized health futurist and medical economist. As a Chicago-based management consulting partner, he assists ACS client healthcare provider organizations with leadership education, strategic planning, technology assessment and service line transformation. Prior to joining ACS, Bauer was a Senior Fellow at the Center for the New West in Denver. He previously managed his own consulting firm, which specialized in consumer-focused strategic planning for healthcare organizations. He also served as a medical school professor and was health policy advisor to the governor of Colorado. Bauer received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Colorado and B.A. in economics from Colorado College. He was a Ford Foundation Independent Scholar, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Kellogg Foundation National Fellow. He has published more than 150 articles, books, Web pages, and videos on healthcare issues.
Future of healthcare delivery
Healthcare organizations in the U.S. are under increasing challenge to increase revenue and provide the quality of care that payers and consumers are demanding. In his publications and presentations, Bauer forecasts the future of healthcare and describes practical approaches to improving the delivery system. Areas of professional expertise include:
- Future of healthcare (e.g., medical science and research, technology, population and diseases, payment, delivery system organization)
- Information technology in healthcare (e.g., electronic health records, telemedicine, data analysis)
- Healthcare reform (politics vs. reality)
- Efficiency and effectiveness in healthcare delivery (clinical transformation and performance improvement)
His latest book is Paradox and Imperatives in Health Care: How Efficiency, Effectiveness, and E-Transformation Can Conquer Waste and Optimize Quality. View Book Overview.
Click here to view his presentation What the Presidential Candidates Aren’t Telling Us: The Real Problems and Prospects for Health Care Reform given at a forum where he discussed the myths and realities involving healthcare reform through the lens of the presidential election.
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