Small Data Are Key to HealthcareAnd they’re essential for bottom-up healthcare reform
Wed, 07/15/2015 - 10:34
Big data seem to be all the rage in healthcare, but from the perspective of a frontline clinician, they miss the mark. The clinical enterprise is the realm of small data. That’s because small data are directly related to patient care.
Examples of… Bottom-Up Healthcare ReformGood management is important, but it can’t create improvement
Thu, 05/28/2015 - 10:54
One of our major problems with healthcare reform is that we are doing it from the top down.
At the top, a bloated bureaucracy works in an environmental context of regulations and finance that seems to be focused on what is best for government and… Why Doctors Should Help Their Local Hospitals ImproveDoctors need hospitals, and hospitals need effective patient care at a low cost
Wed, 03/18/2015 - 17:52
As we begin the journey to value-based healthcare, the relationships between a hospital and its medical staff are changing. For decades, these relationships were straightforward: Doctors admitted patients to the hospital, performed procedures and… Healthcare Consolidation and Black SwansDo we really believe we can get better at the same time that complexity is increasing?
Mon, 09/08/2014 - 14:18
I am concerned about the rush to consolidation we are seeing in the hospital industry. It seems all too tidy and easy, and if there is anything I have learned from my 30+ years in clinical medicine, it is that nothing in healthcare is easy. …
