Tapping Into Big Data To Make Progress On The Triple Aim
I was in the last group of interns selected by Dr George Thorn who was the Chief of Medicine at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital from 1942 until 1972. I began my internship in Medicine on June 20, 1971. That night I was the admitting intern on the male ward, F Main. I...
Healthcare Musings For 9 August 2019
9 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, Focusing the Conversation in Order to Make Progress Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel is the brother of Rahm Emanuel, former congressman, Barack Obama’s first chief of staff, and later two term mayor of Chicago. Dr. Emanuel was a...
Healthcare Musings For 2 August 2019
2 August 2019 Dear Interested Readers, What Have We Learned So Far From Listening To The Democratic Debates? This last week we entertained some old friends from Massachusetts. We were neighbors. We attended the same church. We share many fond...
Are You Ready For Round Two?
You can be sure that tonight and tomorrow night I will be interested in the outcome of the Red Sox/Tampa Bay games, but I won’t be watching. My eyes and ears will be tuned to round two of the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates in Detroit. Since the last debate,...
Creative Destruction, Adaptive Change, and the Continuing Movement Toward Universal Coverage
The picture in the header of this post is my attempt to create an image that represents Creative Destruction, or if you prefer a more dramatic term, Schumpeter’s gale. I will get back to those terms, but first let me fully explain the meaning of the image by...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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