About this episode

Dr. Berwick discusses the impact of cooperation on healthcare innovation and safety.

Dr. Berwick challenges some basic assumptions: Does competition truly drive innovation in health care? He argues that cooperation often outperforms competition, citing VA-led safety advances and national patient-safety collaboratives at CMS (like the Partnership for Patients) that rewarded results and spread what worked.

People in this episode

Guest: Don Berwick

Topics covered

• healthcare innovation
• competition vs cooperation
• patient safety
• healthcare reform
• VA safety advances

Keywords

• healthcare
• innovation
• competition
• cooperation
• patient safety
• VA
• CMS

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: VA, CMS, Partnership for Patients

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