It makes rather interesting reading. Here are some of my notes/quotes from the introductory chapter. Download the report from here.

• the current paths of many healthcare systems around the world will become unsustainable by 2015
• problems: costs are rising rapidly, quality is poor or inconsistent, access/choice often inadequate. Also: globalization, consumerism, demographic shifts, increased burden of disease, expensive new technologies/treatments
• healthcare systems that fail to address this new environment will "hit the wall"
• today value in healthcare is difficult to see: data regarding the healthcare prices is tightly held and difficult/impossible to access or comprehend; quality data is scarcer still and most anecdotal or incomprehensible
• consumers' ability to predict healthcare quality is equivalent to a roll of the dice
• in the win-win scenario, consumers will assume much greater financial oversignt and responsibility for their healthcare
• by 2015, consumers will comparison shop for healthcare in the same manner they shop for other goods and services.
• health infomediaries will become fixtures in the healthcare landscape
• care delivery must shift from focus on episodic acute care to include and embrace prevention and chronic condition management
• new settings: retail stores, workplaces, homes. Lower prices, enhanced convenience, more effective delivery channels than traditional healthcare venues.
• chronic patients will be empowered to take control of their diseases through IT-enabled disease management programs
• their treatment will center on their location, thanks to connected home monitoring devices
• patients and their families, assisted by health infomediaries, will replace doctors as the leaders in chronic care management
• transformation of today's massive, general purpose hospitals into "centers of excellence" devoted to specific conditions and combination triage centers