Beyond the Walls

MegaTrends, Movements, and Market Disruptors Transforming American Healthcare

By: Zeev Neuwirth

Narrated by: Zeev E. Neuwirth MD

Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

The American health-care 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, health-care 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 health care. 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 health care 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 listen regarding the courageous leaders that are dismantling the barriers to innovation in healthcare delivery.

This book is structured 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 health care. This is a “must-listen” for anyone who wants better health care and better health.

©2023 Zeev E. Neuwirth (P)2023 Zeev E. Neuwirth

Must Read for Every Single Person in this country

Zeev Neuwirth brilliantly brings to light the quiet revolution going on in medicine that is occurring outside the walls of "the way we have always done it". He tells the story of how entrepreneurs and companies are moving the healthcare bar forward and not waiting for hospitals and government policies to do it for us. Most of us including physicians, have no idea that these changes are happening. It is so refreshing and about time we all focus more on ideas like "contextual" and "whole health" medicine. Yes, it is important to make money, but this book shows us how and why we need to incorporate these patient care ideas into our billing. This is a landmark book that should be read by everyone in our country including patients, physicians and all healthcare administrators, including and especially those in our government. I am a practicing physician and this book gives me hope in a time that many of us are feeling "burnout". Kudos and Godspeed on your mission with this important movement in medicine. There is a bright future in medicine that is actually here now and presented in this book.

A must read

if you are passionate about patient care, care coordination, value-based care and lowering costs for healthcare in this country, I highly suggest you read this book. it is written in an Easy-to-Read format, combines data with anecdotes and personal experiences.