Thursday, September 30, 2010

Blueberry water?

›
Is there something they teach in hotel school that suggests that having unusual water in conference rooms is good for business? In a previou...
4 comments:
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Fishbones

›
To follow up on yesterday's post about the CC6 Lean team , I had a few minutes today to drop by just as the group was getting engaged in...
6 comments:
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Wow, they work hard!

›
The roll-out of Lean at BIDMC continues throughout the hospital. A current project is to redesign the work flow on "CC6," one of ...
3 comments:

NH leads the way in New England

›
Our hospital neighbors to the north in New Hampshire have just taken a decisive step that presents a healthy challenge to the so-called ...
2 comments:

Careful how you say this

›
As I was waiting to teach the second half of a Boston University MBA class (HM710, here ) last night, I heard a student near the end of the ...
18 comments:
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Accelerated Depreciation

›
The acquisition of the Caritas Christi hospital system by the Cerberus private equity company continues to generate press here in Boston, an...
4 comments:

2010 Hub on Wheels

›
I'm just back from the Hub on Wheels, where BIDMC staff volunteered their time to provide emergency medical services to the thousands of...

FarmVille vs. Real Farms

›
A light story today, in the social media arena. If you are on Facebook, you either love or hate FarmVille . I mainly find it annoying when...
3 comments:
Friday, September 24, 2010

All the food groups

›
As many Bostonians prepare to ride in the Hub on Wheels this weekend, my friend Honora sends a picture of the perfect mid-ride snack from C...
1 comment:

Raising the stakes

›
The proposed acquisition of the Caritas Christi system by the Cerberus private equity firm continues to be in the local news. Today's l...
9 comments:
Thursday, September 23, 2010

Melzer awards for leading change

›
At tonight's Annual Meeting, the BIDMC Board of Directors presented the ninth annual Robert M. Melzer Leadership Awards to three individ...
2 comments:

Watch out for this scam

›
Luz, in our accounts payable department, was alert when this invoice came through and sent me the following note: Hi Mr. Levy, Good morning....

Give and take

›
I wrote below about the difficult policy issues faced by the Attorney general in the review of the proposed acquisition of the Caritas Chri...
4 comments:
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Risky business

›
At my annual physical exam last week, my primary care doctor employed a widely used web-based calculator to plug in cholesterol levels and o...
10 comments:
Monday, September 20, 2010

Seven is not a natural

›
With regard to the Cerberus private equity firm's acquisition of the Caritas Christi hospital system, I have been thinking about the req...
6 comments:
Sunday, September 19, 2010

Watching the disparity grow

›
It isn't often that you get to see an insurance company-hospital negotiation in progress, but here is a descriptive story from SouthCoa...
4 comments:
Saturday, September 18, 2010

How to break a fast

›
What better way to celebrate the breaking of the Yom Kippur fast than to view these images of samples from our daughter's pastry school...
1 comment:
Friday, September 17, 2010

On Yom Kippur

›
Wishing an easy fast to my friends and colleagues on Yom Kippur. My favorite description of the holiday: "Making the comfortable uncom...
1 comment:

Oscar moments on the baseball diamond

›
Bostonians are torn by Derek Jeter's recent acting moment at home plate -- when he pretended to be hit by a pitch when the ball actually...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

Hot Topics by Julie Rosen

›
Julie Rosen at the Schwartz Center hosts Grand Rounds this week. Check it out here .