Thursday, September 06, 2012

Maybe now that they have said it

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For some time running now, it has been useful for Partners Healthcare System to give the impression that it is under intense competition fr...
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Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Ed Schein joins the second printing of Goal Play!

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I am very pleased to announce that Edgar H. Schein, Management Professor Emeritus at MIT, and author of Helping:  How to offer, give and ...

Return of the Costs of Care Essay Contest

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I am happy to help publicize this year's version of the Costs of Care essay contest.  Cash prizes are to be awarded in pursuit of the...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2012

A lesson in patience

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Take five minutes for this first of two videos.  I think many of us can identify with the emotions.  It has been around for a while, but wa...
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Monday, September 03, 2012

The best way to reduce risk

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There have been a series of articles recently on the latest fad in health care, the acquisition or creation of insurance companies by provi...
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Failed at Facebook

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I friended a friend, one of the world's experts in artificial intelligence and computer science, on Facebook.  His reply: I receive...
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Taking the pain out of taking out the pain

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A welcome respite from considering issues of health care finance and clinical choices in the US is to drop in from time to time and view su...
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MITSS seeks nominations for HOPE Award

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Medically Induced Trauma Support Services is a non-profit corporation headquartered in Chestnut Hill, MA, whose mission is To Support...
Monday, August 27, 2012

See you after Labor Day

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Blogging break here for the next week or so.
Saturday, August 25, 2012

Live and learn

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Every now and then, I like to clean out my old folders on Gmail.  Yes, I know there is unlimited memory, but I am a reverse pack-rat. So...
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Friday, August 24, 2012

Wine takes the lead on the city streets

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It's times like these that I wish the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena were still around.  They used to study interesting geological a...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

Hurricanes and airplanes

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As hurricane season arrives, it is interesting to see the impact these storms have on airline volumes and routes.  Here is a video showing...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Good stuff happening in the countryside

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There is a tendency for those of us associated with urban and suburban medical centers to forget the many dedicated people serving the publ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Scholarships for IHI National Forum

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Dale Ann Micalizzi, Founder/Director of Justin's HOPE at the Task Force for Global Health, sends along this reminder about scholarship...
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Monday, August 20, 2012

Wendy honors Bruce and others

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Author Wendy Chapin Ford has generously offered copies of her book Normalcy as a free download .  She says: My husband, Bruce, loved ...

#2, now. Is their advice still good?

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Here is an example of the stupid uses to which the vacuous US News & World Report hospital rankings are put. Early this morning, a f...

Mandar does not mandate

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The question of how to achieve process improvement has been addressed in many ways.  As my readers know, I am strong proponent of the Lea...
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Brown versus Warren: A pre-Labor Day view

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It is always dangerous to prognosticate election results before Labor Day, but I am going to offer an opinion based on observation of one s...
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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Not enough time for lupus

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That systemic lupus erythematosus affects a relatively small percentage of the population does not change the fact that this is a trouble...
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

The pace of justice

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This is not Mike Out of the blue, my friend Mike recently received a summons to appear in court for failing to pay the fine for a traff...
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