Donald Berwick, M.D., is a clinician, innovator, and author who has been active in health care reform for over thirty years. He has been a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and has served as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and as deputy commissioner of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. He is the author of six books, including Making Health Care Work: The Essential Guide to Improving Quality, Costs, and Care. His latest book is Deadly Consequences: How Putting Money First Is Putting Lives at Risk.
As a doctor, an educator, an innovator and someone who has dedicated his professional career to making things work better and to helping people - I am ready to lead.Donald Berwick
Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war.Donald Berwick
