asterism
Congress != Progress
It's inane:
(8) Current: The system reacts to needs. New: Needs are anticipated. The health care system should anticipate patients needs rather than simply reacting to events.
WTF does this mean? Is the health care system supposed to be able to predict who might get cancer and need treatment? Or know when one may be in a care accident?
It's a bunch of feel good nonsense dreamed up by utopian bureaucrats who are willing to destroy what works in order to replace it with their version of the way they think we should live.
Here's the translation of that concept into a real world example:
"I think Mrs. XXXXXX is going to have a bad night"
"Well then we should sedate her now so she just sleeps through it."
----in the morning-----
"Well, it seems she had a bad night and had to be sedated so we're going to skip the physical therapy today and give her time to recover."
-------in the evening-----
"She's just not doing well. She wasn't even well enough to do physical therapy today even after we made sure she got the rest she needed."
"She doesn't need rest, she needs exercise."
"But she can't do it, see? She got sedated last night."
But I'm sure you think this is somehow better. After all, this was 2 years ago and according to these "patient-centered" studies my mom should be dead now.