Healthcare Musings for 26 October 2018
26 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Doing an “A4” on Payment and Delivery System Reform If the term “A4” is a fuzzy concept for you, or is not in your vocabulary, let me refer you back to the Healthcare Musings post for October 12 where you...
Slip Slidin’ Away, Redux
Last May I lifted the title and the hook from one of Paul Simon’s songs to write “Is the Triple Aim ‘Slip Slidin’ Away?” The recurrent passage or chorus in the song is: Slip slidin’ away Slip slidin’ away You know the nearer your destination The...
Healthcare Musings for 19 October 2018
19 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, “Systemness” as Nirvana This week I have had the pleasure of attending the 5th Annual ATLAS conference in Boston. ATLAS is an acronym for Annual Thought Leadership on Access Symposium. It is the annual...
Healthcare Musings For 12 October 2018
12 October 2018 Dear Interested Readers, Back to Box 4 In the post earlier this week entitled “You Can’t Get There From Here!” I wrote: The obvious answer to the conundrum of “You can’t get there from here!” is to go to some place from...
Thinking About Crossing The Quality Chasm
I have often written about the importance of the book Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. You may never have read the book or even have a copy on a shelf somewhere in your office or home where it is collecting dust, but you should...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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