An Integrated Systems Overview Of Health Care Behavior

For health care, never has the classical expression “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” appeared more appropriate. Never has health care been blessed with such a wide array of pharmaceuticals, treatment strategies and resources to improve the health care of our patients. At the same time providers are faced with an ever-growing loss of autonomy and ever-increasing financial pressures. To optimize the health care of all of our patients, we must balance the evolving opportunities with the current and future constraints.