7 Costs of Healthcare Bureaucracy

Top 7 Costs of Healthcare Bureaucracy Explained. Healthcare Bureaucracy can be thought of as a Public Health Threat.

According to the Harvard Business Review, there are are 7 costs to bureaucracy. Let's look at these costs specifically as they related to healthcare.

1. Bloat - Too many managers, administrators and management layers
2. Friction - Too much busywork that slows down decision making
3. Insularity - Too much time spent on internal issues
4. Disempowerment - Constraints on autonomy
5. Risk Aversion - Too many barriers to taking risks
6. Inertia - Too many impediments to proactive change
7. Politics - Too much energy devoted to gaining power and influence

The result... the opposite of 'Better, Faster, Cheaper'... that is, Healthcare Bureaucracy causes care to be Worse, Slower and More Expensive.

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[unebonnevie]

Than you, Dr. Bricker, for sharing this to the public. I hope these bureaucratic costs be eliminated, AND hopefully that would reduce healthcare cost.

We live in a world where a lot of people don't care for things that make a big difference in other people's lives. People like you make this world balance out a bit. THANK YOU! Please keep sharing your knowledge and expertise.

[BrittanyNCrosby]

Thank you for highlighting this report, Dr. Bricker. It is not a surprise to anyone working in healthcare. However, the first step to create change- - even when it takes 2 decades to incorporate -- is raising broader awareness about these pervasive issues which are leading to the antithesis of our collective desired outcomes as clinicians, employees, and patients. Thank you for being a megaphone for this issue of bureaucracy.