American healthcare needs a hero. Among other wealthy countries, it ranks dead last in clinical outcomes yet costs more than $3 trillion a year. By comparison, Europe spends $1.8 trillion annually on healthcare for a population nearly twice the size.
This three-part series, which previously explored the limited impact of primary care innovators and the struggles of U.S. hospitals, now concludes with the search for a hero – a disruptive cure for what ails the U.S. healthcare system.