I'm a creature of change, but really do strive to focus on change for the better over change just for itself... still, sometimes, just gotta try something once to see if it alters your thinking.--LLB (2009, from his blog Change Doctor: http://drlyle.blogspot.com)

To improve the quality of our health care while lowering its cost, we should make the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years we will have a healthcare system that rewards value over volume by encouraging and reimbursing improved quality and efficiencies.  We do not want to tell healthcare providers how this will be accomplished, rather we want to lower the barriers to innovation, from new models of care to use of information technologies, while also increasing the incentives to succeed.  That is the American way.--LLB (2009)

We don’t have a shortage of physicians in America, we have a shortage of using physicians efficiently in America.--LLB (2008)

“A smart future will see an increased use of paramedical personnel in the delivery of basic healthcare, supported by innovative information technology before medical specialists get involved.”--LLB (2008, from the article Is technology a critical tool to avert healthcare crisis? by Mike Swinson with the Australian Magazine Pulse+IT)

“If we don’t adopt new technology and change the way we deliver care, it will be harder and harder to get to see a doctor, it will cost more, the rich will cope, the poor will suffer.  Many will die earlier than they would have if cost effective treatments were available.  We have to act now before the healthcare system goes into meltdown.”--LLB (2008, from the article Is technology a critical tool to avert healthcare crisis? by Mike Swinson with the Australian Magazine Pulse+IT)