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Disruptive Cooperation: Innovation for Health’s Wicked Problems

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Healthcare systems are in transition worldwide and are feeling the pressure to deliver better outcomes at lower costs. By now, most readers will have heard the statistics. The USA has the most expensive healthcare system in the world based on per capita spending, yet we rank 37th in the world in health outcomes according to the World Health Organization. If we break this down, the numbers are even more sobering. On an annual basis, the WHO estimates that the US infant mortality rate ranks even lower in the global rankings and we are frequently hovering in the 40s for adult female mortality.

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Ranck, J. (2016). Disruptive Cooperation: Innovation for Health’s Wicked Problems. In: Ranck, J. (eds) Disruptive Cooperation in Digital Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40980-1_1

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