Friday, April 09, 2010

Watching the MA laboratory of democracy

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People from other states would be wise to watch the sequence of events happening here in Massachusetts with regard to health insurance rates...
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Thursday, April 08, 2010

A no-brainer

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Jennifer Devine is a fellow at BIDMC in Cognitive Neurology. She writes: I'm training for the Boston Marathon, as a fundraiser for Acce...

Catch this (fish)

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I know I am playing into the hands of two commercial enterprises, one of which I patronize (with pleasure!) and one of which I know hardly a...
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Wednesday, April 07, 2010

Sarah and Amy get acquainted

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OK, this is not a big deal in some ways, but it is a nice story about communication between the academic staff and the administrative staff ...
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It's easier to beat up the insurers

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Things are playing out just as one might predict in the Massachusetts small business and individual insurance market. The Insurance Commiss...
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I see a salad, so I choose the fries

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I was talking with the MBA students at Duke's Fuqua School of Business about the obesity epidemic in the United States, and they told m...
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Blue Devils fans

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Fortunately, my presentation at Duke's Fuqua School of Business did not conflict today with the celebration at Cameron Indoor Stadium w...
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A good day to be at Duke

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I am honored to be meeting with a group of MBA students at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. (By the way, it is a very good d...
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Alarms should go off in our heads

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There is a quote about telemetered alarms that caught my attention in a recent Boston Globe story by Liz Kowalczyk about one of the Bosto...
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Monday, April 05, 2010

Should we let the death issue die?

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Did you read yesterday's New York Times article by Anemona Hartocollis, entitled " Helping Patients Face Death, She Fought to Live...
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Sunday, April 04, 2010

Fenway Park at sunrise

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The Red Sox have a tradition of mailing out a photo of sunrise on Opening Day. Here it is.
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Adverse selection

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There is an excellent article by Kay Lazar in today's Boston Globe about a perverse result in the Massachusetts insurance market that ...
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Friday, April 02, 2010

Concierge service?

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A funny cartoon by Christopher Weyant in the March 8, 2010, New Yorker here , entitled, "On the upside, you're only one heart atta...
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My big mistake

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I want to tell you a story about corporate governance, a mistake I made, and the lessons learned. Years ago, I was a member of the Board of ...
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Thursday, April 01, 2010

April flowers bring Sox showers

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Christine from Case Management sent me this today: Good Afternoon, Paul, I have attached some photos of flowers around BIDMC that I’ve taken...
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Wait a second . . .

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You know how you sometimes read a newspaper story and then, a few days later, you say, "Wait a second. How could that be true?" S...
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Medical education reform on WIHI

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Today's edition of WIHI (2pm-3pm EDT) promises to be timely and informative. The topic is "The Next Wave of Reform for Medical Ed...
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Monday, March 29, 2010

My friend Katherine . . .

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. . . today learned that she had been accepted by the college of her choice. That she was headed to college before today was already clear,...
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Berwick --> CMS

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The New York Times reports that President Obama will name Don Berwick, CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, to be head of the ...
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

The Real Life Body Book

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There is a new book coming out this week. It is called The Real Life Body Book , and is written by Dr. Hope Ricciotti (from BIDMC's Ob/...
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