Bend The Cost Curve? We Need Behaviorally-Led Health Systems

Last week, we ran an article looking at a proposed "framework" for bending the cost curve in health—this framework from the Texas Medical Center Health Policy Institute included eliminating fee-for-service (FFS), improving metrics, and addressing trauma (see Will This List Bend The Cost Curve?). The proposed framework brought lots of reader comments, including the observation from my colleague OPEN MINDS Senior Associate Jim Gargiulo that the coming era of consumer “empowerment” will bring the need for new functionality in health plan and provider organization information technology platforms (see 'Person-Centered' Health Care Records Take Center Stage . . .