The US health care system is inefficient and not nearly as effective as it should be. While there are numerous efforts underway to change this, most lack the essential elements necessary to drive transformative change. This session will discuss critical challenges in creating a more effective US health care system, as well as identify the inconvenient truths that call into question many of our current behaviors and how to address them.

      After this session you will be able to:

• List three challenges in transforming US health care.
• Describe the essential elements that drive transformative change.
• Discuss how changes in health systems and physician behavior are critical to achieve transformation.