PatientKeeper CEO Paul Brient on Accountable Care Organizations (Transcript))
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with PatientKeeper CEO…
Malpractice defense: Paraesophageal Hiatal Hernia Following Nissen Fundoplication
In addition to my consulting work and writing the Health Business…
Readmissions: Hard to Predict Who it Will Be and Why
Reducing readmissions is becoming increasingly important for hospitals. In the olden days…
Why Don’t Patients Hit the Panic Button in Hospitals? Lessons from Condition H
Today’s Hospitalist (Ready to let patients hit the panic button?) describes the…
The Stunning Shift Toward Employed Physicians
I’m amazed at just how quickly physician employment has swung from small…
Hospitals to patients: Go Away and Don’t Come Back Soon
It seems that Medicare’s focus on reducing readmissions to hospitals is stimulating…
The Challenges of Health Care Cost Control
A MedPage Today post by what appears to be an informed consumer…
Mobile Phones in Hospitals – Many Contain Bacteria
The Journal of Infection Control reports that many patients’ mobile phones contain…
Are Doctors Shifting to the Left?
Yesterday’s New York Times (As Physicians’ Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics)…