Leaping Barriers to the Triple Aim
In “The Triple Aim: Care, Health, And Costs” Berwick, Nolan and Whittington describe American healthcare as the most fragmented, most expensive and least effective care delivery system among all of the advanced economies of the world, and they identify the barriers...
Where Healthcare Should Focus in 2016
I have been looking forward to 2016 and asking myself where healthcare should focus in the year ahead. In this connection, Don Berwick’s speech at the 27th Annual IHI Forum had a profound effect on me. You can watch it on YouTube. I appreciated his insightful and...
Attorney General Maura Healey Leads Healthcare Reform
As a member of the Advisory Council to the Health Policy Commission in Massachusetts, I was very interested in following the internet broadcast of the annual HPC Cost Trends Hearings early in October. At the core of the presentations was a debate about healthcare...
Another Hurdle Cleared at the Supreme Court!
Thanks to the Supreme Court, healthcare reform has cleared another hurdle. At 10:21 AM yesterday, as I was writing this week’s letter a banner appeared on my screen: NPR:Breaking News–Supreme Court Rules Obamacare Subsidies Are Legal Just seven words but...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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