Health care costs exceed the rate of inflation

With the rate of increase in health care costs continuing to greatly exceed the rate of overall inflation

The NHS is becoming increasingly interested in consumer-driven health care models as a potential remedy to skyrocketing health care costs. Anchoring consumer-driven health care is a fundamental principle: As the voting public come to further understand the true cost of health care services and the available health care options, they will have to take increased financial responsibility for managing their own health care and make more cost-conscious health and prevention choices if we are to avoid the two tier system we all fear.

Theories that drive consumerism suggest that using Process Master to organize the Hospitals standardized delivery of personalized care plans – care plans designed with the right tools (ProcessPad & LeanPad) for an engaged consumer, utilization can decrease as much as seven to 12 percent as people become better at reviewing their life/eating habits and more health-aware.

Employers can also achieve significant bottom line cost savings if they focus on employee wellness as much as they do on illness (sick days) – by providing more workplace education and wellness programs, health risk assessments, on-site gyms, and snack machines with healthy treats. Today’s significantly reduced percentage of smokers, for example, provides solid evidence that positive health is good for business.