Healthcare Musings for 27 July 2018
27 July 2018 Dear Interested Reader, Another Obit and Another Perspective I am a regular reader of the “Perspectives” section of the New England Journal of Medicine. I can count on the fact that week after week I will get an excellent return on the time I invest in...
Why Does Healthcare Cost So Much?
JAMA recently published an interesting study that has not gotten as much attention or debate as it deserves. It is my hope that its impact will grow and that the insight that it offers will make a difference. The article “Health care spending in the United States and...
Did Secretary Azar Turn A Page in the History of Healthcare Reform?
In 1993 when the Republicans joined force with many in the healthcare industry to defeat the plans for universal coverage put forth by the Clintons, I said somewhat facetiously to some colleagues and friends that we would not get universal coverage and healthcare...
It’s Getting Harder Faster Than You Realize
In last week’s post, I tried to reconstruct the thinking of the Atrius Health management team in early 2008.  At that time we were writing a new strategic plan to respond to the uncertain future of healthcare. Over the previous decade publications like To Err is Human...
Looking Back to Think Forward
Looking back over 2017 I am moved to say, “You can’t make this stuff up!”  That expression is a meme/cliche that entered our culture sometime since the advent of Facebook.  It has been used more and more during the evolving chaos of the first year of the Trump...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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