Are Consolidation, Competition, and Innovation the Answer? Part 1
Are systems consolidation, competition and innovation the triple play that will deliver quality care for everyone at a sustainable cost? Perhaps before we try to answer that question we should avail ourselves of the lessons learned over the efforts of the last fifty...
Getting Beyond Hyperpartisanship on the Road to the Triple Aim
Last week when I copied and pasted the conclusions in the JAMA article by President Obama I discovered that Google Drive did not know the word “hyperpartisanship.” . Did Google’s ignorance of hyperparisanship suggest that we are experiencing something new?...
What’s Next in the Healthcare Debate?
I was delightfully dazed and confused the morning after Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski and John McCain launched us into the next phase of the healthcare debate by giving the ACA a last minute reprieve. In a mix of ecstasy and disbelief I watched the video of John...
Dr. Gabow Writes a Letter to Senator Alexander
Dr. Patty Gabow shared a letter with me that she is sending to Senator Lamar Alexander, the chairman of the Senate’s Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. I think several of her points deserve extra emphasis and I have bolded them. Dear Senator Alexander,...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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