Michael Rohwer

The future we need, want, and can have—if we act soon

As this series concludes, Dr. Michael Rohwer explains the characteristics of a healthcare system grown using the model of a Complex Adaptive System.

Jul 17, 2015

Long-term Success Requires Re-examining our Beliefs about How Things Work

With a view to solving rather than compounding the problems of managing healthcare, Dr. Michael Rohwer explains how inappropriate models have brought us to our current unsustainable position and will continue to produce unsustainable cost increases.

Jun 22, 2015

Complexity and Price Controls: A Bad Idea that Just Doesn’t Get Better

Managing healthcare with traditional methods is not working for us. Understanding the nature of the beast—healthcare as a Complex Adaptive System--is intrinsic to optimal productivity and real reform. In this seventh article, Dr. Michael Rohwer discusses the contribution of current payment methods to the problems we face in creating a viable future for healthcare, and addresses a first step in growing a sustainable and higher-performance system.

Jun 2, 2015

Community Value Systems create a working focus on results

In this article, the seventh in the series on reducing healthcare cost while improving quality, Dr. Michael Rohwer explains the role of the Community Value System (CVS) in fulfilling the purpose of healthcare.

May 20, 2015

Communities are the new centers of innovation and learning

In this article, Dr. Michael Rohwer’s fifth in a series that examines healthcare as a Complex Adaptive System, he describes the first of two key innovations necessary to radically improve care while lowering cost.

May 13, 2015

Communities are the New Centers of Innovation and Learning

In this article, Dr. Michael Rohwer’s fifth in a series that examines healthcare as a Complex Adaptive System, he describes the first of two key innovations necessary to radically improve care while lowering cost.

Apr 27, 2015

Healthcare and Purpose-Driven Management

In this fourth installment, Michael Rohwer gives a high-level view of management concepts better suited to the nature of the Complex Adaptive System we call healthcare—a necessary perspective if we are to avoid collapse.

Apr 10, 2015

Stepping Back from the Brink: Time to Rethink Healthcare Reform

In this third installment, Michael Rohwer argues that we in healthcare are creating our problems and that Complexity, far from being the enemy, is an ally. Within its natural forces lie the engines of productivity and the conductor of change.

Mar 27, 2015