A Massachusetts Surgeon Weighs in on the Meaning of Scott Brown’s Senate Victory: Post 81
Warning to readers: This post, like a previous post, Gotcha: A surgeon dissects patient-centered care, contains more rant than reason. Those who feel passionately that Congress is doing a great job dealing with the people’s healthcare should look elsewhere for confirmation of their views.
In An Interview with Stuart Altman, this distinguished healthcare economist mentioned Altman’s Law, that advocacy groups seek to preserve the status quo rather than adopt another plan that might disadvantage their interests.
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Posted: January 24th, 2010 under WaterCooler Collaboration.
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Collaborative Future: Post 77
I had the pleasure last weekend of attending The Future of Medicine: An Expert Diagnosis, at my alma mater, the University of Rochester. Here I am introducing Dr. Mark Taubman, the Acting CEO of the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Other Panelists included: Paul Keckley, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, Daniel Sisto, President, Healthcare Association of New York State, and David Klein, Read more »
Posted: October 11th, 2009 under Learning.
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Collaborative Wishes: Post 75
In residency, I learned that it is a sign of strength to admit ignorance and ask for help. While writing my latest column for the Journal of Healthcare Management on Innovation in the Face of Recession, I realized that little has been written recently on that subject in healthcare.
So, I asked respected thought leaders what they were doing and what was working. I ended with the following question:
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If you could be granted three wishes, what would you request?
Their responses fell into several thought-provoking clusters:
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Posted: September 5th, 2009 under Learning.
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Collaborative Disruption
I am responding to feedback from a seminar participant who asked for summaries of books relating to healthcare.
Through Executive Book Summaries to which I subscribe, I came across a provocative recently published book, The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care, by Clayton Christensen, Jerome Grossman, and Jason Hwang. Although I do not usually summarize books that I have not read in their entirety, the content motivated me Read more »
Posted: June 13th, 2009 under WaterCooler Collaboration.
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Collaborative Mother’s Day
This may be a controversial post on my favorite holiday, where we celebrate nurturing, sacrifice, and unconditional love; one day is insufficient.
I admit that in previous posts( Gotcha and Uncollaborative Insurance ) I have complained about what I felt were arbitrary regulations on physical therapy for cancer survivors like me who sustained spine injuries and back and neck pain as complications of lifesaving therapy.
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Posted: May 10th, 2009 under WaterCooler Collaboration.
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