Donald Berwick Quotes

A collection of quotes by Donald Berwick.

Donald Berwick is a renowned American physician and healthcare policy expert. Born on September 18, 1946, he has made significant contributions to improve healthcare quality and patient safety. Berwick served as the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) from 2010 to 2011. He co-founded the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), a nonprofit organization focused on healthcare quality improvement. Berwick has also held academic positions at various prestigious institutions, including Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Public Health. He has been a leading advocate for healthcare reform and has authored numerous influential publications.

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civili

Any health care funding plan that is just, equitable, civilized and humane must - must - redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent healthcare is by definition re-distributional.

Donald Berwick

Health

Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does tha

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

Health

We have really good data that show when you take patients an

We have really good data that show when you take patients and you really inform them about their choices, patients make more frugal choices. They pick more efficient choices than the health care system does.

Donald Berwick

Health