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Comment on An average hospital is…..? by Joe Miller

Joe Miller — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:43:04 +0000

I often think about the diversity of hospitals as a major barrier to engineering change in our healthcare system, Brad. Even two hospitals with a similar profile (250 beds, urban) could be dramatically different with regard to medical staff, nursing, and information technology. (If you’ve seen one hospital, you’ve seen one hospital).
On the other hand, there are wonderful success stories in every type of hospital.

JOE

Comment on Successful home management and the hospital bottom line by Wing of Zock Navigates the Medicare Maze in Health Wonk Review | Wing Of Zock

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:01:43 +0000

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:42:31 +0000

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Comment on Successful home management and the hospital bottom line by Ken Coburn, MD, MPH

Ken Coburn, MD, MPH — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:06:35 +0000

Thanks for this thoughtful piece. The success of the HQP model does depend on a number of things that Ezra Klein either could not fit into his article and/or chose not to because it would have bored general readership to tears. Extensive staff training, significant use of real-time data and process measurement with advanced reports and analyses used for performance management, etc., etc.

I also believe that any big system transformation that could be catalyzed by a successful community-based advanced preventive model ascending to a more important position in the pecking order will occur gradually – not suddenly. I don’t think hospitals will face a major disruption in revenues in the short, or even “mid” term. Some percent of hospital nurses and docs might decide to try helping run the community preventive service in their regions.

Finally, I totally agree that more testing and rigorous evaluation, along with ongoing improvement efforts is necessary to determine whether, on a national basis and over the long run, HQP’s outlier results will be determined to represent signal or noise. We’re hoping to get the chance to find out.

Ken Coburn, MD, MPH
CEO and Medical Director, Health Quality Partners

Comment on Salaries in the C-suite, and then some by Health Wonk Review: Money Tree edition

Health Wonk Review: Money Tree edition — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:47:34 +0000

[...] Brad Flansbaum is a fan (as are we) of transparency in health care. In his post, Brad explores how much financial info really is available to folks interested in knowing, for example, just how many dollars go where. Starting with a simple [...]

Comment on Salaries in the C-suite, and then some by Bill Rifkin

Bill Rifkin — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 01:34:15 +0000

Great last few posts! Very informative and useful. Good we have someone like you to dig around.

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:00:49 +0000

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Wisdom Via Ariely - The Doctor Weighs In | The Doctor Weighs In — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:00:56 +0000

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Comment on HCUP: Hospital Costs, Not Prices by HCUP: Hospital Costs, Not Prices | iHT2 Health IT Blog

HCUP: Hospital Costs, Not Prices | iHT2 Health IT Blog — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 21:07:08 +0000

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Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:32:40 +0000

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