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...more control patients have over their own care-the more they know, the more involved they are in the design of their care-the better. We haven't even begun to plumb the real potential of patients who have been taught how to become their own physicians (to the extent that they want to). Despite the rhetoric, most people can't even get access to their own medical records, and it's often next to impossible to find data on how one's own hospital or physician performs compared with others. Some people fear that, given choices, patients will...
...same sciences that allow airplanes to fly safely, that keep the lines moving at Disney World, and that continually reduce the costs and improve the reliability of computers and consumer goods, can help in health care too. To a large extent, health care systems were not designed with any scientific approaches in mind. Too often there are long waits, high levels of waste, frustration for patients and clinicians alike, and unsafe care. A bold effort to design health care scheduling systems, process flows, safety procedures, and even physical space will pay off in better, less expensive, safer experiences for patients...
Maier's concept--that the consumer can recognize a brand by the design and quality of the product instead of by a logo--is limited to a very sophisticated consumer, but élitism is what makes it work. A survey conducted last week among wealthy Americans by the New York City--based Luxury Institute revealed that Bottega Veneta outranked Hermès and Armani as the most prestigious luxury fashion brand this year...
...APPOINTED. Zhang Yimou, 54, dynamic Chinese film director of everything from rich period dramas (1991's Raise the Red Lantern) to allegorical martial-arts sagas (2004's House of Flying Daggers); as leader of the design team for the 2008 Summer Olympics; in Beijing. Announced last week, the team-which also includes U.S. filmmaker Steven Spielberg-will design the opening and closing ceremonies for the Games...
...DIED. Warren Platner, 86, architect and designer whose graceful steel-wire chairs, tables and ottomans for the Knoll furniture firm have been continuously produced since 1966; in New Haven, Connecticut. Platner, who worked with Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei, had a role in some of the most striking examples of modernism, including the interior design of Chicago's Water Tower Place, a vertical shopping mall, and Windows on the World, the restaurant that sat atop New York City's World Trade Center...