Friday, April 30, 2010

Ohio mushrooms

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Kristal Gartner, RN at Grant Medical Center sat next to me at lunch in Columbus and talked about morel mushroom hunting with her husband. ...
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Poster Session in Columbus

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The Columbus conference has some great poster presentations, as well. Here is a sampling.

Hello, Columbus

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I am currently in Columbus, Ohio, where I was invited to be one of two keynote speakers on quality and safety issues at the Central Ohio P...
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Healthier Hearts? Not quite.

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I recently received this data about trends in heart-related procedures. I'm sorry that I don't know the source, but I believe it to...
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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Does market power help patients?

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Rob Weisman and Liz Kowalczyk report in today's Boston Globe that the US Justice Department is investigating possible antitrust violat...
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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

ACGIM recognizes Dr. Phillips

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Dr. Russell Phillips was recognized this week by the Association of Chiefs of General Internal Medicine as the division chief "who most...

A happy announcement

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Ellen Feingold, who has run Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly for 28 years, is passing the reins to Amy Schectman. I can't say ...

Aligning Forces for Quality

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A significant announcement comes from the Greater Boston Quality Coalition, a group of over thirty hospitals, community health centers, phy...
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Airspace Rebooted

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My pilot friend who had sent along previous no-fly zones sends this fascinating clip on the restoration of air traffic in Europe as ash lev...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Healthy Work/Healthy Home

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BIDMC celebrated its 12th annual Healthy Work/Healthy Home Enivironmental Action day today. Awards were presented to environmental champion...
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Monday, April 26, 2010

Update on MA Health Reform

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Sarah Iselin , President of the MA Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, sent along a copy of a new report entitled, "Enrollment and Disen...
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Sunday, April 25, 2010

Non-zero sum

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Let's face it. Health care is an odd field. Costs are unknown or indecipherable. Prices for the services offered are hidden from cons...
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Saturday, April 24, 2010

Sunday in Chinatown

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While some people wait patiently for a dim sum table on Sunday morning, others play an intense game of Chinese chess. (Taken a couple of wee...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Geoff delivers for the interpreters

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More from our interpreter service group. A really nice note from Stephanie Baumeister, the group's coordinator, about Geoff O'Hara,...
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What vacation?

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It is April and school vacation week here, but some students choose to use their vacation time for non-recreational purposes. Here, Brookli...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Keep 'em coming , Claire!

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I'm always getting ideas from the staff. Sometimes these are in person, sometimes on Facebook. Here's one that came by email from a...
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El aspecto humano

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I received this warm and moving letter of appreciation from the South American friend of a patient here. I present it in the original Spani...
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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Hope and Monique visit with Emily

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I have written before about this wonderful new book for young women. It has received a nice review from the Washington Post . An excerpt...
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Reputation versus quality: U.S. News Hospital Ranking

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Each year, US News and World Report publishes its list of the top 50 hospitals in various specialties (example here ). Now, an article has...
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Dr. Yang explains the Lean approach in 7 minutes

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Following up on the post below about the use of Lean process improvement in the hospital setting, I am pleased to present this video. It s...
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