Stephen Lutz – författare

Behind the media headlines that chronicle the successes--as well asthe charges of fraud, abuse, and ethical misconduct--of today'scorporate medical giants lies the story of the Wall Street playerswho are determining the structure of our future health systems.Independent hospitals and clinics, small medical technologycompanies, solo practitioners, and consumers alike acknowledge thatthe big businessprinciples driving the frenzy of mergers and acquisitions arebringing the long-awaited rewards of accountability andpredictability to the fragmented healthcare industry. But at whatcost? Sandy Lutz, a renowned medical business reporter and investmentanalyst, and Big Six accounting firm partners Woodrin Grossman andJohn Bigalke provide their insiders' insights into the financialworkings of Wall Street's mighty medical corporations--a class theauthors refer to as Med Incorporated. With an in-depth study of themost notable leader, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., plusillustrative examples of other medical giants, Lutz and hercoauthors demonstrate how these Med Inc. companies excel inmanaging capital, information, risk, and government regulation--thefour key success factors to achieving operational efficiency andmarket dominance. They show how the missions and operations ofinvestor-owned companies compare with their noninvestor-ownedcounterparts and examine how current technological and marketdevelopments will shape the future of health systems.

“This textbook, Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care, represents the full evolution of radiation therapy, and of oncology in general. ( … ) [It] is an acknowledgment that palliative radiotherapy is now a sub-specialty of radiation oncology. This formally makes palliative radiotherapy a priority within patient care, academic research, quality assurance, and medical education.” – From the Foreword by Nora Janjan, MD, MPSA, MBA, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, TX, USAPalliative Medicine is the professional medical practice of prevention and relief of suffering and the support of the best possible quality of life for patients and their families, regardless of the stage of the disease or the need for other therapies. The most common cause for palliative care referral is terminal cancer, and a large proportion of those referrals include patients who will need palliative radiotherapy during the course of their disease. Still, there are barriers to coordinated care between radiation oncologists and palliative care physicians that differ from one country to another. Until now, one overarching limitation to appropriate concurrent care between the specialties across all countries has been the lack of a comprehensive yet concise reference resource that educates each of the specialties about the potential synergistic effects of their cooperation. This book fills that void.Radiation Oncology in Palliative Cancer Care: Is the first book-length treatment of this important topic available on the marketIs authored by world-renowned experts in radiation oncology and palliative medicineUses a multidisciplinary approach to content and patient treatmentFeatures decision trees for palliative radiotherapy based upon factors such as patient performance status and prognosisPays careful attention to current best practices and controversies in the delivery of end-of-life cancer careThis book is an important resource for practicing radiation oncologists and radiation oncologists in training, as well as hospice and palliative medicine physicians and nurses, medical oncologists, and geriatricians.