Beyond the Walls

The American healthcare system is failing us. It is a frustratingly complex, opaque, and unaffordable system that results in suboptimal care and a deterioration of the welfare of the majority of American families. The experience of the past few decades and the recent ravaging pandemic has shown us that doing more of the same is not going to deliver us from this dilemma. But there is hope. There is a way to create a more accessible, consumer-friendly, safer, and affordable system of care for all of us. In Beyond the Walls, Dr. Neuwirth, a physician, healthcare executive, and innovator distills, in understandable language, the learnings from years of in-depth research into the megatrends and market disruptors that are shaping the present and immediate future of American healthcare. Through the stories of those behind the movement, he uncovers the forces that are driving better health outcomes, more personalized care, greater equity, and lower costs. Unlike many other books in this genre, the focus is on what's right in American healthcare rather than on what's wrong. It is practical, actionable and rooted in a realistic understanding of the industry's challenges and opportunities. It's an inspiring and instructive read on the courageous leaders that are dismantling the barriers to innovation in healthcare delivery. This book reads like a collection of heroic journeys. These stories encourage and embolden us not to be held hostage by the mindset, behaviors, and inertia of the past. They are intended to ignite the creativity, integrity, and courage of more leaders to go beyond the walls and leverage their own potential to contribute to a more humane future for American healthcare. This is a "must-read" for anyone who wants better healthcare and better health.

Dr. Neuwirth is a healthcare executive with over 15 years of active clinical practice in Internal Medicine, and another 15 years serving in multiple executive roles within large healthcare systems. His efforts to improve and transform healthcare delivery have been featured in Newsweek, Forbes, Fast Company, The Yale School of Management Journal, and in two Harvard case studies. In August 2017, Dr. Neuwirth launched a healthcare podcast entitled, Creating a New Healthcare. The podcast was named as one of the most popular healthcare podcasts of 2018 and was awarded "Healthcare Podcast of the Year" by HITMC in April 2019. It continues to be one of the premier healthcare podcasts. In April 2019, Dr. Neuwirth published Reframing Healthcare: A Roadmap for Creating Disruptive Change. In this book, Dr. Neuwirth outlines a comprehensive, sustainable, and replicable roadmap to transform healthcare delivery into a more consumer-oriented, humanistic, and value-based system. In his most recent work, Beyond The Walls: Megatrends, Movements & Market Disruptors Transforming American Healthcare, Dr. Neuwirth presents a 3-part strategy to humanize healthcare delivery in the US. Dr. Neuwirth is an alum of Tufts University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He received a Master's in Healthcare Management from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is a popular lecturer at both the Harvard and Yale Schools of Public Health.

Preface Hitting the Walls Introduction Beyond the Walls Part I: Megatrends Chapter 1 Digital—the Great Enabler Chapter 2 The Point of Need Is Now the Point of Care Chapter 3 The Hospital Comes Home Part II: Movements Chapter 4 The Care of the Elderly Chapter 5 The Rise of Contextual Care Chapter 6 Whole-Person Health Part III: Market Disruptors Chapter 7 The Burning Platform Chapter 8 The Titans of Disruption Chapter 9 From Disrupted to Disruptor: The Power of Partnerships Epilogue A Call to Action Supplement An Update on Reframing Healthcare Acknowledgments