AMA Journal of Ethics^®

Sustainable food services are key dimensions of health care organizations’ civic and stewardship responsibilities to individuals and communities.

Online tools intended to make health care purchasing resemble “consumerism” have had little effect on improving transparency for patients.

This article applies principlism to what a “shoppable service” model would demand of clinicians in practice.

Dr Mustfa K. Manzur joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Sharon Griswold and Wendy Dean: "What Should Clinicians Do When Health Services Are Improperly Billed in Their Names?"

Sarosh Nagar joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article, coauthored with Drs Leah Z. Rand and Aaron S. Kesselheim: “What Should US Policymakers Learn From International Drug Pricing Transparency Strategies?”

These key steps are ones health sector stakeholders should take to help patients and clinicians use pricing information to inform health decision making.

This watercolor visually considers which values our words and actions endorse.

Dr Harold A. Pollack joins Ethics Talk to discuss his article: “Necessity for and Limitations of Price Transparency in American Health Care.”

More transparent pricing would allow patients and families to make better decisions, but there are limitations to how reliably it promotes efficiency and market discipline.

In health care, costs can come across like “market priced” items on menus in upscale restaurants.