Sunday, September 30, 2007

On refereeing

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Just finished a very busy weekend of refereeing youth games, from U10 all the way though high school. I have been refereeing kids soccer sin...
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Saturday, September 29, 2007

First (Class) Aid

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Here's a picture of some of the BIDMC first aid team at Fenway Park last night, where they were recognized by the Red Sox in a pre-game ...
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Traffic Patterns

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For years, my wife has claimed that the traffic gets worse every September in Boston. Not worse compared to the admittedly low-volume summe...
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Friday, September 28, 2007

October baseball

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Back in March -- wanting to give my loyal blog readers ample opportunity to criticize or praise my managerial judgment -- I discussed our d...
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

More SEIU letters to doctors

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I have discussed below the tactical use of letters from the SEIU to doctors at our hospital. Here is another type of letter. This one was a...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Gotta love this one

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In the continuing series on email solicitations to the CEO, here is one from a marketing company. If you are a marketing company, shouldn...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Yet another page from the playbook

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Another in the continuing series about the tactics used by the Service Employees International Union during its union organizing efforts. ...
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The FTC rules

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Check out this August 6 Federal Trade Commission ruling in Illinois, where a large hospital system resulting from a merger was ruled to hav...
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Three for the Road

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1 - Eulogy for a Quality Measure Dr. Thomas Lee writes in the New England Journal of Medicine : On May 8, 2007, one of the best-known qualit...
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Monday, September 24, 2007

Two ideas, one theirs, one mine

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Here's theirs. Sir Brian Jarmin and Dr. Don Berwick today suggested that they would open a new page on the IHI website allowing hospit...
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Event today in Boston -- Mortality Rates

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Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio: A tool for consumer information and quality improvement? Date: Monday, September 24, 2007, 9:30-11:30...
Sunday, September 23, 2007

Spas anyone?

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One in a continuing series about emails you get when you are CEO of a hospital. Somehow these get through our spam filter. I'm still r...
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Friday, September 21, 2007

Hub on Wheels reminder

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Don't forget: Hub on Wheels is on Sunday, September 23.
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Teamwork wins against VAP

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Back in March , I gave an update on our efforts to eliminate ventilator associated pneumonia in our ICUs. This requires implementing a five-...
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I knew it!

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And it is also more interesting than just putting one foot in front of another.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Tie one on

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Much has been made of a decision in the United Kingdom to forbid the wearing of neckties in hospitals, claiming that these are a source of i...
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Leapfrog recognition, too

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And, another recognition, this one from Leapfrog . Suzanne Delbanco, who has been heading this group for many years, is stepping down . Co...
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More kudos to Ben and the team

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Congratulations again for another award to Dr. Ben Sachs and his team in our OB/GYN Department. This one is national is scope, jointly fro...
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"Ethically and medically, we felt justified in keeping him"

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Please check out this story by Joseph Kahn in today's Boston Globe. Here's a case where the rewards to the caregivers were as meani...
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Monday, September 17, 2007

Simple questions? Simple answers?

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"Simple questions" looking for answers: If medical costs experienced by insurance carriers in Massachusetts are rising at a pretty...
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