Documentary traces Geisinger’s rise in health care industry
The documentary profiled Geisinger's 100-year history and how it transformed from a small, rural hospital in
The health system, which has medical facilities in
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In the film,
"That culture has to change to looking at the entire health of a human being and how are we thinking about them in a holistic manner," he said. "There has to be a better way to approach healthcare."
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However, fee-for-service still dominates most health systems across the country, creating incentives for doctors and health systems to provide a growing number of services to patients, whether or not they were necessary, he said. There was either too much, too little or the wrong things being done, he said. He and his colleagues believed Geisinger could be a model that breaks away from that incentive-based practice, he said.
"That gives Geisinger a unique place where they can experiment," she said. "What they can do is figure out ways to provide better care that costs less. Often in the health care industry, people pay for health care on a piecework basis -- if you do this to a patient you get a certain amount of money. If you do five things, you get this amount."
The documentary features interviews with Geisinger innovators, hospital administrators, physicians and nurses, as well as surgery footage and real-life patient stories. The film will premiere on
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