The Author

One thing is certain: you either need health care now or will in the future. The healthcare system we have now doesn’t work and needs to be fixed. Lots of people tell you how to fix it. To be more accurate, they tell you how they will fix it. Deane has a totally different approach.

Why should you listen to him?

Background facts on the author include the following. Schooling and training at: Yale, Chicago Medical School, Mayo Clinic, Northwestern, Harvard, and Anderson Management Schools. Deane has authored over 100 academic publications and more than 200 lay articles and blogs on both the practice of medicine and on healthcare strategy. He has been Chief of Section at San Diego Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago, and University of New Mexico, as well as a practicing pediatric cardiologist for over 35 years.

Deane’s past – both professional and personal – has exposed him to every aspect of health care: practicing medicine, administration, research, teaching, as well as being a critically ill patient himself. Combining those experiences with his MBA knowledge along with his research in management and business, Deane shares insights into the root causes of why the healthcare system continues to fail patients, nurses, doctors, and our country, and most important,

What you can do about it.