Healthcare in the United States
This is no way to run a business
You know how confusing it is to interact with the US Healthcare System. The constant telephone holds; the difficulty gaining appointments with physicians you wish to see in a reasonable timeframe; the impossible task of understanding bills; the rising co-pays; the increase in how much you contribute from your paycheck to cover employer-sponsored healthcare; the craziness of navigating insurance plan websites. Adding insult to injury, there is ample evidence to suggest that the US spends more of our Gross Domestic Product on healthcare than other industrialized nations around the World, but objectives measures of quality of care state that we do not provide the best care.
Is there hope? Join a practicing vascular specialist, Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine, and President of Newton-Wellesley Hospital for a candid discussion regarding challenges and opportunities for healthcare improvements in the United States.
About Michael R. Jaff
Michael R. Jaff, DO, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, became the President of Newton-Wellesley Hospital in October 2016. Prior to that, Dr. Jaff was the inaugural Paul and Phyllis Fireman Endowed Chair of Vascular Medicine and Medical Director of the Fireman Vascular Center at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He remains an active clinical consultant in all aspects of vascular medicine, including peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolic disease, aneurysmal diseases, and all diagnostic strategies in vascular medicine.
He is the founder of VasCore, the Vascular Ultrasound Core Laboratory, the largest of its’ kind in the United States. VasCore has participated in trial design and independent analysis of vascular laboratory images for over 200 prospective multicenter peripheral vascular device and pharmaceutical trials across 66 countries.
Dr. Jaff has published extensively in the field of Vascular Medicine with over 270 peer-reviewed publications and 10 textbooks, is the Past-President of the Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology, and was the first physician to have received the designation as Master of the Society for Vascular Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, and is a registered physician in vascular interpretation (RPVI).
In November 2011, Dr. Jaff became an alumnus of Harvard Business School after
completing the General Management Program.