Tuesday, November 06, 2012

Dutch doctors thank Helen Haskell

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I was honored to participate in an extraordinary meeting tonight at Jeroen Bosch hospital.  Hendrik Brink, head of the medical staff (...
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"No such thing as bad student, only bad teacher."

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As we head into day two of our Lean workshop here at Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis (hospital) in the Netherlands, it is good to reflect on the...
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Monday, November 05, 2012

Lean lessons at Jeroen Bosch Ziekenhuis

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I was so pleased to be invited back to Jeroen Bosch hospital in the Netherlands to conduct some three-day workshops on the Lean philoso...
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Sunday, November 04, 2012

Social media hospital usage compared

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Our friend from Nijmegen, @lucienengelen, presents an infographic prepared by one of his colleagues about the use of social media in hospi...
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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Wachter comes to Boston

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@MITSS_Support. Boston area people are in for a treat if they attend the annual dinner of MITSS (Medically Induced Trauma Support Servic...
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Brown versus Warren: A pre-Election Day view

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Back in August , I offered a pre-Labor Day view of the Scott Brown-Elizabeth Warren race for US Senate here in Massachusetts.  I suggested ...
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Friday, November 02, 2012

Ex-external defibrillator

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Is this a trend?  I noticed this excised AED in a building at MIT.  My colleague there suggested that this and others had been removed be...
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So what do they do for us?

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A recent blog post by Sarah Kliff on Ezra Klein's Workblog sets forth the strategy and plan of the nation's insurance companies to...
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Thursday, November 01, 2012

With undergrads at Northeastern University

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It was back to Northeastern University today, this time to address Professor David Boyd's undergraduate leadership class.  You see h...
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With the Northeastern MBA's

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I always enjoy giving guest lectures at Professor David Boyd's leadership classes at Northeastern University. Last night's ses...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Who are they going to blame?

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Once the dust settles, or the flood water recedes (in this case), someone will conduct a root cause analysis to figure out why the emerge...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Evacuation practice can help

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A friend on Facebook posted this picture of her niece, a resident in Pediatrics at NYU hospital. A few months ago the niece had lighthe...
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Monday, October 29, 2012

Capital flows to private equity

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An MD friend and colleague is intrigued by the financial machinations beyond private equity investment in hospitals.  At heart, I think he ...
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Playing wii while the winds swirl and tide rises

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Read the last line from today's New York Times live hurricane updates : Monday-Morning Non-Evacuators   The police have been g...
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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Please help Fred

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@Fredtrotter, health hacktivist extraordinaire, has posted a fascinating project on MedStartr .  Read it and then, if you are moved, plea...
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At the Aquarium of the Pacific

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I'm giving a book talk at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA, on Monday night, so I went over today for a look around.  W...
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Saturday, October 27, 2012

The Waiting Room comes to Boston

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The Waiting Room , @petenicks compelling documentary about an Oakland hospital, is coming to Boston as part of its nationwide roll-out.  ...

The spider that is eating Oakland

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A dangerous neighborhood for Halloween!  Best to keep an eye on small, tasty children....
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Friday, October 26, 2012

How to stop a future cancer epidemic

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The theory of preventative care, including inoculations, is that we spend a little money now to offset big expenses later in life.  But s...
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

Merge. Be happy. Go under.

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How many times have we seen this: An industry goes through a structural transformation, often as a result of disruptive technologies that c...
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