Saturday, November 09, 2013

Justin still teaches us all, thanks to Dale's generous spirit

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Dale Ann Micalizzi started Justin's Hope Project in memory of her 11-year-old son who died as a result of medical errors.  It took h...
Friday, November 08, 2013

Mixed feelings

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On the one hand, kudos to Lenox Hill Hospital’s Chair of Urology Dr. David Samadi, who highlighted the importance of early screening and p...
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Thursday, November 07, 2013

What you can't do directly . . .

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. . . you do indirectly. The country's labor unions tried hard to exempt themselves from the "Cadillac" tax on expensive (a...
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Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Another chance to vote

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No, I'm not suggesting that you vote "early and often," but I am requesting you to vote on one more ballot. My friends an...

Focus on ambulatory care on WIHI

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Madge Kaplan writes: The next WIHI broadcast — Improving Safety and Satisfaction in Ambulatory Care  — will take place on Thursday, No...

It's time for NHS Change Day 2014 to begin.

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What happens when the third largest organization in the world decides to change? We'll see in a few months. Today starts the countd...
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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Dammit, take credit for the good!

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Many of us who support the primary goal of the Affordable Care Act--to provide access to insurance for many more Americans--get frustrated ...

A top ten list that indicts an industry

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Cheryl Clark over at HealthLeaders Media summarizes the annual ECRI report on the top 10 health care technology hazards. It is tempting t...
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Monday, November 04, 2013

How to give positive reinforcement

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It was a soccer practice session with my team of 12-year-old girls. I was explaining that we were going to work on a particular skill becau...

In memoriam: Dr. Michael Palmer, healer

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Photo by Gregory Rec in the Boston Globe Strength from adversity might best describe Dr. Michael Palmer.  This obituary by Bryan Marqu...
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What's in a name? Not much, sometimes.

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Over the years various sectors of the economy have gone through structural change, often from a regulated, price controlled environment to ...
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Some wars were different back then

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Yesterday, Nov. 3, was the 110th anniversary of the Panamanian war of independence from Colombia, greatly aided and abetted by Theodore ...
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Sunday, November 03, 2013

LUST in hospitals

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My colleagues* David A. Lax and James K. Sebenius tell a story in their excellent book 3D Negotiation : Powerful Tools to Change the Game i...
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It's about the money

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I'm still on some hospital CEO mailing lists and received this postcard yesterday. I once heard a Harvard business professor descr...

Improving PTSD Treatment

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Improving PTSD Treatment for US Military Personnel via Enterprise Architecting MIT SDM Systems Thinking Webinar Series Elizab...
Friday, November 01, 2013

A haphazard reporting system that uses immature data

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A bit more on robotic surgery to complement the post below .  Melissa Evans at Kaiser Health News notes : The use of robotic surgical ...

Loss of trust

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Is this how things unravel? Karen Gullo at Bloomberg Businessweek reports : Intuitive Surgical Inc. ( ISRG:US ) , the maker of robo...

Not to generalize, but . . .

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I have finally encountered the perfect analogy for the stereotypical relationship between a surgeon and an anesthesiologist. The video i...
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"Management" and "leadership" are not synonymous

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My friend Boaz Tamir nails it again.  He has written a piece about the Israeli pharmaceutical company Teva, but it applies to so many...
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Engaging approach to safety

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A great safety video from Virgin America. I especially like the line: "For the .001% of you who have never operated a seatbelt before...