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Making the Hospital Part of the Community
It is called community building, but why is it an important part…
Ebola Response: 5 ED Throughput Measures Your ED Needs
In the light of the first-ever confirmed Ebola case in the United…
Don’t Like the Sound of ACOs? Here’s an Alternative
Most experts agree that it’s still too early yet to know for…
Collaborative Metrics in Healthcare
I entitled this post “Collaborative Metrics,” because, during my ACHE seminar, Practical…
Helping Patients Protect Their Own Personal Health Information
Last week I was leaving a meeting at a large hospital when…
CAP Template Providing Too Much Information?
Although updated CAP templates are an excellent and necessary foundation to synoptic…
What Do We Really Know About Patients?
"Mary is a 90 year old woman that is admitted to the…
Unbundling the Bundled Payment Program
The Bundled Payments for Care Improvements (BPCI) initiative of the Centers for…
Healthcare Spending: Administrative Costs out of Control
When we talk about healthcare spending being “out of control” does anyone…
Expanding Insurance May Not Mean Long Lines and Trouble Seeing the Doctor
When health reform made it on the agenda in 2008-9, it took…