RT Book, Section A1 Moriates, Christopher A1 Arora, Vineet A1 Shah, Neel SR Print(0) ID 1106934777 T1 Acknowledgments T2 Understanding Value-Based Healthcare YR 2015 FD 2015 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-181698-4 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1106934777 RD 2024/03/29 AB The authors would like to thank and acknowledge the many people that have contributed to the creation of this book. This book was born from the suggestion of Dr Robert M. Wachter, who provided us not only with the courage to pursue the enormous task of writing this book—all while still maintaining our clinical “day jobs”—but who also gave us constant support and encouragement throughout the process. Indeed, his book from this same series, “Understanding Patient Safety,” helped provide a model goalpost for us to strive toward. Our editor at McGraw-Hill, Jim Shanahan, similarly encouraged us along our way and consistently helped guide the making of this book. We are very grateful for his help, input, and enthusiasm. The staff at McGraw-Hill, particularly Christina Thomas, and the staff at MPS Limited, especially Ruchika Abrol, are responsible for turning hundreds of pages of Word document manuscripts into the finished product that we now have. We are very lucky to have worked with such a fantastic and professional crew. Victoria Valencia, MPH created and managed all of the tables and figures seen throughout this book. She also read through each manuscript chapter and provided thoughtful edits and input. Victoria is a remarkable project manager and we are extremely thankful for her significant contributions to this book.