Foundational Principles for the Future of Care Delivery
How will the way we deliver care in ten years be similar to the way deliver care today and how will the future be different? One thing that is already in transition is the expectation of patients. Patients want a more “horizontal” and collaborative connection with...
Persuasion or Compulsion as Drivers for Value Over Volume
Following the recent “Healthcare Musings” weekly letter where I described my experience participating in “healthcare war games” a very faithful “Interested Reader” wrote to me: An uncharacteristically downbeat letter, Gene, but interesting and challenging. I sent you...
“Games” about Volume to Value
Recently I attended a meeting in suburban Washington that was designed as a “war games” exercise to examine strategic moves in the finance of Medicare. The introductory comments to the exercise excited me when I heard that the objective was to understand what CMS...
What You Earn and How Long You Live
I was recently surprised when I received the free publication online from JAMA of the “The Association Between Income and Life Expectancy in the United States, 2001-2014” by Chetty, et. al. An added bonus to the JAMA paper was the discovery that the New York Times...
Imagine a World Without Healthcare Disparities
It is easy to talk about the disparities in healthcare, but making progress against the current of complex social issues that are at the root of the differences in care experience and outcomes between populations has proven to be very hard. We have preferred “military...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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