As we head into the second half of 2020, many of the temporary flexibilities for telehealth allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic have been made permanent. Since its arrival in
Read more »COVID-19 is forcing our healthcare system to make impossible choices, but these decisions are necessary because the best way to keep patients comfortable right now is to keep them safe.
Read more »One of the most referenced and influential reports on raising awareness of the patient safety crisis in the United States marked its 20th anniversary this fall. The Institute of Medicine
Read more »A recent New York Times op-ed offers that the prevalence of workarounds is an indication of the overall dysfunction of the American healthcare system, going as far as to indicate
Read more »Why do doctors have such a reputation for being jerks? Is it the better surgeon they are, the bigger the ego? While this perception isn’t always true, dealing with a
Read more »Healthcare leaders and health systems are no greater than their workforce – including their physician network. Regardless of a physician’s employment status, their engagement, understanding of the strategic vision and
Read more »TripleTree, the country’s largest healthcare merchant bank providing investment banking services, posed the question on their latest blog, “what does a culture of safety in healthcare look like?” Provoked by
Read more »When was the last time you found something that was twice as good? How about 3 times as good? 10 times? You’d probably consider that to be a pretty significant
Read more »In late 1911, Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer, was determined to be the first explorer to reach the South Pole. However, he wasn’t the only one. Robert Scott, a British
Read more »The healthcare sector is complex by nature. Physicians aren’t necessarily employed by hospitals, so the level of internal communication needed to generate better data is often not there. Since medical
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