Shaping High Quality, Affordable and Equitable Healthcare

Healthcare systems around the world are struggling under intense pressure. Ageing populations, declining workforce, funding restraints and spending cuts have combined to produce a challenging environment to deliver a service that is fundamental to the lives of many. This book defines sustainable healthcare as an integrated system, where stakeholders work together to deliver high quality, safe patient care at the lowest possible cost and with a focus on outcomes that patients value. Using this definition as a guide, this book brings together an extensive body of knowledge from an elite group of academics to consider how we can shape healthcare service delivery in a way that delivers sustainable value to society as a whole. This edited collection will be of interest to academics working in healthcare management, healthcare innovation, the role of technology in healthcare, sustainable healthcare management, and healthcare in public policy. It will also be vital reading for managers and professionals working in health and social care that are interested in research -based solutions to the challenges they face. Nicola Burgess is Reader in Healthcare Operations Management at Warwick Business School, United Kingdom. Her research activity has primarily focused in healthcare, conducting a number of formative and summative evaluations of large-scale service improvement interventions within healthcare settings around the world. Graeme Currie is Professor of Public Management at Warwick Business School. His research focuses upon health and social care settings, within which he has particular interest in leadership, innovation and strategic change.