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Creating a Consensus to Improve Health Care

Creating a Consensus to Improve Health Care Calif. J. Politics Policy 2014; 6(2): 231­232 Commentary Pam Kehaly* Keywords: consensus; integrated care; population health. DOI 10.1515/cjpp-2014-0017 Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Helen Keller I agreed to participate in the Berkeley Forum in early 2012 with a healthy dose of skepticism seasoned with a dash of hope. I was quite frankly seduced by Stephen Shortell's (Dean, School of Public Health at UC Berkeley) energy and enthusiasm around a multi-party collaborative effort to improve California's healthcare delivery system. He convincingly outlined a plan to pull together CEOs of health insurers, hospitals, and physician organizations, as well as state regulators and policymakers to improve the affordability and quality of healthcare in California. Did a path really exist, through industry collaboration, to change the current trajectory of sky-rocketing health care costs and deteriorating population health in California? Despite extreme doubts, Stephen had planted a seed of hope and I signed on. I recognized that the current approach was simply not working, and the numbers tell the story. Chronic conditions are on the rise ­ obesity up from 14.6% in 1995 to over 29% in 2010. Diabetes increased 68.6% over that same period. Healthcare http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png California Journal of Politics and Policy de Gruyter

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10.1515/cjpp-2014-0017
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Calif. J. Politics Policy 2014; 6(2): 231­232 Commentary Pam Kehaly* Keywords: consensus; integrated care; population health. DOI 10.1515/cjpp-2014-0017 Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Helen Keller I agreed to participate in the Berkeley Forum in early 2012 with a healthy dose of skepticism seasoned with a dash of hope. I was quite frankly seduced by Stephen Shortell's (Dean, School of Public Health at UC Berkeley) energy and enthusiasm around a multi-party collaborative effort to improve California's healthcare delivery system. He convincingly outlined a plan to pull together CEOs of health insurers, hospitals, and physician organizations, as well as state regulators and policymakers to improve the affordability and quality of healthcare in California. Did a path really exist, through industry collaboration, to change the current trajectory of sky-rocketing health care costs and deteriorating population health in California? Despite extreme doubts, Stephen had planted a seed of hope and I signed on. I recognized that the current approach was simply not working, and the numbers tell the story. Chronic conditions are on the rise ­ obesity up from 14.6% in 1995 to over 29% in 2010. Diabetes increased 68.6% over that same period. Healthcare

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Published: Jun 4, 2014

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