Jeff Bauer, PhD

Jeffrey C. Bauer’s Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Dr. Jeffrey C. Bauer is a nationally recognized health futurist and medical economist. He is a Chicago-based partner in a management consulting practice, providing outsourcing, information technology and business solutions to the health care industry. In his numerous publications and presentations, Jeffrey Bauer forecasts the future of health care and describes practical, creative approaches to improving the health care delivery system and demonstrates proven skills for preparing health care leaders to approach the future proactively.

Dr. Jeffrey C. Bauer has published more than 150 articles, books, Web pages, and videos on health care delivery. He speaks frequently to national audiences about key trends in health care, medical science, technology, reimbursement, information systems, public policy, and creative problem-solving. Dr. Bauer is quoted often in the national press and writes regularly for professional journals that cover the business of health care.

Jeff Bauer’s latest book is Paradox and Imperatives in Health Care: How Efficiency, Effectiveness, and E-Transformation Can Conquer Waste and Optimize Quality. Dr. Bauer’s three previous books are Telemedicine and the Reinvention of Health Care: The Seventh Revolution in Medicine, Not What the Doctor Ordered and Statistical Analysis for Health Care Decision-Makers: Understanding and Evaluating Critical Information in a Competitive Market. He is currently beginning a new book on forecasting techniques and managing uncertainty.

As a consultant, Jeff Bauer assists hospitals and other provider organizations with leadership education, strategic planning and visioning, technology assessment and service line transformation. His ongoing consulting work includes managing technology assessment for a 28-hospital health system, analyzing performance of clinical service lines, and developing strategic plans for hospitals and professional associations. In 2005, Dr. Bauer facilitated an expert task force on the future of selected specialties for one of the nation's largest medical associations and supported strategic market assessments for two of the world's largest imaging technology companies.

More About Jeff Bauer . . .
Jeffrey C. Bauer was a full-time teacher and administrator at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver (1973-1984). He held full-time academic appointments as Associate Professor in the Schools of Medicine and Dentistry and administrative appointment as Assistant Chancellor for Planning and Program Development. Dr. Bauer served concurrently as Health Policy Adviser to Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm (1980-1984).

Jeff Bauer also worked as a visiting clinical professor in the Administrative Medicine Program at the Medical School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he taught physician executives how to evaluate research reports and other published studies. Additionally, Dr. Jeffrey Bauer was a Senior Fellow at the Center for the New West in Denver. His previous consulting firm specialized in consumer-focused strategic planning for developing clinical affiliation agreements and multi-hospital networks.

• Forecasting the Future of Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities.
  

  One of the country's most respected health futurists, Dr. Bauer presents an informative and entertaining analysis of the forces that define possibilities for medical care. He explains different methods for looking ahead and forecasts the future based on his in-depth analysis of the key trends -- medical science, technology, demography and epidemiology, reimbursement, and organization of the delivery system. Implications of key trends and practical responses are presented with respect to the audience's special interests. This presentation is presented with respect to the audience's special interests. This presentation is continually updated to reflect the latest changes in forces that shape the future.

• The Reality of Health Reform: What Politicians Aren't Telling Us.
  

  Health reform may be the hottest domestic topic in this pivotal election year, but the gap between politicians' rhetoric and reality is enormous. As a well-informed and neutral observer of the ongoing battle over health reform, Dr. Bauer describes the basic aspects of opposing plans and evaluates them from the perspective of key goals of a health care system. By comparing likely outcomes with the goals of public policy, he identifies the steps that would need to be taken to produce true value for health care spending. Participants will have a solid understanding of the fundamental issues of health reform and the ability to help redirect the political dialogue toward realistic outcomes.

• Paradox and Imperatives in Health Care: Efficiency, Effectiveness and E-Transformation.
  

  This presentation summarizes the key points of Dr. Bauer's challenging new (2008) book by the same title. He shows why unprecedented financial circumstances threaten failure for health care providers that pursue "business as usual." Dr. Bauer clearly explains how sound economic principles and proven management tools can prevent inevitable failures if significant changes are not made. The presentation reveals how providers can draw upon internal resources to increase net revenue and provide the quality of care that payers and consumers are demanding at prices they are willing to pay. It shows why waste must be eliminated and how future-focused leaders can put their organizations on a positive path while redirection is still possible. It is an inspiring speech about how providers can do it right all the time, as inexpensively as possible.

“You hit a home run! Your 30,000 foot view was exactly what the Board needed. We'd like to work more with you in the future. I know you can help us with our strategies."

- Health System CEO 

"Dynamic and thought-provoking... your comments challenged our audience and discussions of your message continued throughout the rest of the meeting."

- California Association of Nurse Practitioners

"Dr. Bauer is an excellent resource, with outstanding knowledge in information technology."

- The Goverance Institute Leadership Conference

"We strive every year to make the Technology Summit's content not only provide our clients and guests with the latest information in the healthcare field, but to provoke an exchange of ideas and thoughts on the future of our field. Your speech certainly helped us achieve that goal this year."

- Florida Technology Summit

"Excellent. I wish I'd had Dr. Bauer as my economics professor."

- HFMA Indiana