Digpal Chauhan amasses an immeasurable amount of data and
presents it excellently in his treatise publication Great Health Care System, “Portrait of Principles & Practice.”
As much a primary tool for health care professionals as the
PDR (Physician’s Desk Reference), Digpal
Chauhan compresses an incomprehensively broad spectrum of data on the health
care ecosystem and logically categorizes his work with a clever use of
memorable acronyms. Digpal Chauhan
modestly does not claim ownership for much of the intellectual property
included in his book, as he uses extensive professional accreditations to those
that have prior publications and copyrights of some of the material. He does, however have a breviloquent and
agreeable presentation skill, thus his book pages as one would imagine
attending his seminar.
Simplicity is Digpal Chauhan’s goal. He quotes quite humorously, Albert Einstein, “Everything should be as simple as possible
and no simpler.” However in the
beauty of creating simplicity, Chauhan finds himself carving off unnecessary
detail to reveal the brilliance of truth analogous to the “Mountain of Light,”
the Kohinoor diamond. He achieves this brilliance as the reader realizes,
page by page, they are reading the solution to the waste and mediocrity of our
current health care system, the fundamental statistics of life and disease
accumulated by the actuarial research professionals, as well as the summary of
health care diagnosis and prognosis of many major chronic conditions. All of this in a mere 188 pages brings to
light the brilliance of Digpal Chauhan’s book.
For example, in discussing the underpinnings and professional
responsibilities of health care professionals, there are the “10 Commandments” of the principles for
medical staff personnel to follow:
Acronym: “PRINCIPLES”
Professional
competence
Responsibilities
of medical profession
Improving
quality of care to optimize outcomes
Nurturing
relationship with patient (healing, therapeutic, & altruistic)
Care
access improvement
Integrity
of medical ethics
Privacy
of patient welfare and confidentiality
Locus
of patient autonomy and honesty with patient
Equity
and social justice
Scientific
knowledge
By the use
of scores of these acronyms throughout his book, Digpal Chauhan allows his
readers to slow down to their own pace of absorbing the wisdom inherent in the
articulation of each of these line items. Thus the book becomes a tool, combing the reader’s thoughts into a
direction of clarity, while enabling a creative method for memorization of the
incremental steps necessary to achieve the desired result.
As with any
healing process, a holistic approach is necessary, and Digpal Chauhan quotes
Socrates, “Just as you ought not to
attempt to cure eyes without head, or head without body, so you should not treat
body without soul.” Although leaving
off any religious or spiritual guidance from his book, the physical realm is
clearly brought to focus, as Digpal Chauhan cares for the living and leaves the
rest to a higher power.
I feel the Great Health Care System is a book which
should be required reading for all medical professionals, legislators dealing
with the United States regulations, hospital management, health insurance
professionals, and by those in the public wishing to gain an insider’s look
into the core of our system of healing. Frankly,
it brought to my own awareness the sobering statistics of certain medical
conditions faced by me and by those in my life, as well as the actions that can
be taken to minimize the associated health risks.
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