Consumers for health care choices
- Consumers for health care choices
Consumers for health care choices is a non-profit advocacy group for consumer driven health care
In 2008 it gave the following awards recognizing pioneers in health care:
* Pioneer in Health Economics: Regina Herzlinger, author of "Marker-Driven Health Care," "Consumer-Driven Health Care," and "Who Killed Health Care?" [ [http://health.scribemedia.org/2008/01/22/regina-herzlinger-pioneer-in-health-economics/ Regina Herzlinger's reception speech] ]
* Pioneer in Medical Practice: Garrison Bliss, MD, founder of [http://qliance.com/ Qliance] direct primary care provider [ [http://health.scribemedia.org/2008/01/21/garrison-bliss-pioneer-medical-practice/ Garrison Bliss' reception speech] ]
* Pioneer in Communications: Bill Boyles, editor and publisher of the Consumer Driven Market Report and the Health Market Survey [ [http://health.scribemedia.org/2008/01/21/bill-boyles-pioneer-health-communications/ Bill Boyles' reception speech] ]
External Links
* [http://www.chcchoices.org/ Official site]
References
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
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