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Help the snowbirds: Transparency as an enforcement tool
Elisabeth Rosenthal at the New York Times has a gift for taking what is right in front of us and unnoticed and making it evident.  She does it again in this story about elderly "snowbirds" in Florida who are persuaded by doctors there to undergo unnecessary tests. The lede:Like many retirees, one couple from upstate New York visit doctors in their winter getaway in Florida. But on a recent routine checkup of a pacemaker, a cardiologist there insisted on scheduling several expensive tests even though the 91-year-old husband had no symptoms.“You walk in the door, and they just start doing things,” said Sally Spencer...
Source: Running a hospital - February 1, 2015 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

Doctor murdered; Gun legally obtained
A cardiologist was murdered yesterday at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston by  the son of a former patient. According to the Boston Globe: Millbury police Lieutenant Donald Desorcy said Pasceri was properly licensed to possess a firearm. “They are a very good family,” Desorcy said. “Never any problems, as far as we are concerned.” So he was licensed “properly” according to our laws. The gun also worked “properly” as intended by its manufacturer and owner. If the shooter had been a member of “a well regulated Militia” defending the State, that would be one thing. ...
Source: Health Business Blog - January 21, 2015 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Policy and politics Source Type: blogs

When it comes to investing, the eye has it
This is a guest post by life sciences entrepreneur Mikael Totterman Eye on investing I was surprised by a recent Wall Street Journal article, which reported that venture capitalists are now investing more in the eyes than in any other organ. In 2013, VCs injected $850 million into eye-related startups, more than they invested in traditional areas such as the heart and orthopedics. Intrigued, I attended the American Academy of Ophthalmology Annual Meeting in Chicago earlier this month. to learn more. In discussions with venture capitalists, industry thought leaders, and physicians, I heard four main explanations for ...
Source: Health Business Blog - October 30, 2014 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Devices Entrepreneurs Source Type: blogs

Bruce Bethancourt, MD on building the medical group of tomorrow (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Dr. Bruce Bethancourt, chief medical officer of St. Vincent Medical Group. Dr. Bruce Bethancourt, MD, CMO of St. Vincent Medical Group David E. Williams: This is David Williams from the Health Business Group. I’m speaking today with Dr. Bruce Bethancourt. He is Chief Medical Officer of Saint Vincent Medical Group. Bruce, could you first describe Saint Vincent Medical Group and what your role is there? Dr. Bruce Bethancourt: Saint Vincent Medical Group is a relatively new group that came together three years ago. It’s really three groups. We have an amazing ...
Source: Health Business Blog - May 28, 2014 Category: Health Managers Authors: David Williams Tags: Uncategorized Bruce Bethancourt Saint Vincent Medical Group Source Type: blogs

Hypertension guidelines on WIHI
Madge Kaplan writes:The next WIHI broadcast — How High? How Low? Shared Decision Making Amidst Shifting (Hypertension) Guidelines — will take place on Thursday, March 13, from 2 to 3 PM ET, and I hope you'll tune in. This is a special collaboration with the Journal of the American Medical Association that we're calling JAMA on WIHI: An Online Audio Forum on Quality.Our guests will include:Craig W. Robbins, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Center for Clinical Information Services, Kaiser Permanente Care Management InstituteDon Goldmann, MD, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvem...
Source: Running a hospital - March 12, 2014 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

Jeff McCormick, candidate for Governor of Massachusetts, speaks with the Health Business Blog
Jeff McCormick (I), candidate for Governor of Massachusetts Download: hbdew0004-david-e-williams-interviews-jeff-mccormick-independent-for-governor.mp3 In this podcast interview, Jeff McCormick, independent candidate for Governor of Massachusetts discusses his views on healthcare with healthcare business consultant David E. Williams, president of the Health Business Group. This is the fourth in a series of nine in-depth interviews with the candidates. For a complete schedule and an explanation of the questions visit the intro post. Excerpts from the interview are below. ...
Source: Health Business Blog - March 4, 2014 Category: Health Managers Authors: David Williams Tags: Podcast Policy and politics election Governor health care health care reform health information technology healthcare Massachusetts Source Type: blogs

Transcript of podcast interview with Jeff McCormick, candidate for Governor of Massachusetts
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Jeff McCormick, independent candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. Visit the original post to listen to the podcast and read a summary. This is part of a series of interviews with all nine candidates for Governor. The full schedule is available here. David E. Williams: This is David Williams from the Health Business Blog. I’m speaking today with Jeff McCormick, candidate for Governor. Jeff, thanks for being with me today. Jeff McCormick: David, thanks so much for having me. Williams: Jeff, does Chapter 224 represent the right approach to addressing risin...
Source: Health Business Blog - March 4, 2014 Category: Health Managers Authors: David Williams Tags: Podcast Policy and politics election Governor health care health care reform health information technology healthcare Massachusetts Source Type: blogs

CEO gets patients' view of complicated healthcare system
by Lynn McVey For this month's blog post, I planned to continue my theme of expensive variations in healthcare management, particularly the variation in executive salaries between for-profit and nonprofit facilities. Conservative estimates demonstrate the median for-profit CEO salary is around $300,000, while the median nonprofit CEO salary ranges around $600,000. Setting the national standard at the for-profit median could mean a $1.5 billion drop in healthcare spending. I now join the ranks of those writers who recently called this variation the "800-pound gorilla." However, a personal journey I took throughout our ...
Source: hospital impact - March 2, 2014 Category: Health Managers Authors: Wendy Johnson Source Type: blogs

The future of simulation is to be found in Tel Hashomer
Simulation centers have been popping up in hospitals across the world.  These are useful, but for the most part their function is to provide technical training in surgical and other interventional techniques, as well as to practice resucitation and the like. Sometimes, too, they are used to study teams in stressful situations to provide lessons in team dynamics.Amitai Ziv has a broader view of the purpose of simulation. His goal is nothing less than to use this tool to help in the transformation towards a safe, humane, ethical, and patient-centered medical culture.  As the director of MSR, the Israel Center for M...
Source: Running a hospital - November 25, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

A normal day at the NHS
Those of us in the US who have been overwhelmed lately by overly excited health care stories in the media look fondly across the Pond. We are confident that we can find a much calmer discourse about these issues in the UK.  After all, a single payer system, well established, and held in fond regard by the populace can’t be very controversial.  Well maybe. Here’s a synopsis of one day’s news coverage about the NHS from The Times and The Daily Telegraph.  Make sure you read all the way to the last one.  My head is spinning.•A hospital trust whose staff were allegedly forced to alter waiting times ...
Source: Running a hospital - November 17, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

Making sense of the healthcare debate
by Kent Bottles "Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words." - Baruch Spinoza. The most depressing aspect of the debate about the transformation of the American healthcare system is how liberals and conservatives talk past each other. It is hard not to get frustrated when zealots on both sides of the aisle refuse to listen to each other and refuse to learn from each other. The "ObamaCare 2016: Happy Yet?" op-ed in the Wall Street Journal last week serves as a prime example of an unbalanced and unfair attack on the Affordable Care Act. Bradley Alle...
Source: hospital impact - November 1, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: Wendy Johnson Source Type: blogs

EarlySense makes touch-less vital sign monitoring a reality: Transcript
This is the transcript of my recent podcast with EarlySense’s president, Tim O’Malley. David E. Williams: This is David Williams, president of Health Business Group. I’m speaking with Tim O’Malley, president of EarlySense. Tim, thanks for joining me today. Tim O’Malley: Thanks, David, for having me on. Williams: Tim, can you explain, what is EarlySense? What does the company do in general? O’Malley: For many years, healthcare providers have tried to find a way to monitor patients in almost all locations of the hospital and even in some subacute care and skilled nursing facilities, to mak...
Source: Health Business Blog - October 24, 2013 Category: Health Managers Authors: dewe67 Tags: Devices Podcast EarlySense Governor Deval Patrick Israel patient care Source Type: blogs

Doctors tweet about IWantGreatCare
My post about the IWantGreatCare patient evaluation program prompted some interesting conversation among UK doctors on Twitter.  I'm not suggesting this is a statistically valid sample of physician responses to the program--after all, these are doctors who feel comfortable talking about such matters on Twitter--but it is an indication that IWGC is adding some value to the doctor-patient relationship. The doctors also note a desire to get more participation from patients and steps they are taking along those lines. I conclude that this is a work in progress, and it will be good to get more updates over the coming month...
Source: Running a hospital - August 29, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

Getting sleep versus staying engaged with the patient
Lisa Rosenbaum has posted a thoughtful piece over at The New Yorker entitled "Why Doesn't Medical Care Get Better When Doctors Rest More?"  After introducing a story about a patient, she says,A few days later, the resident caring for the patient neared the teaching hospital’s witching hour: whether or not his work was done, he had to leave at 6 P.M. That’s because, a decade ago, largely in response to widespread concerns that tired residents were making too many errors, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education enacted nationwide rules that limited the number of consecutive hours residents can work....
Source: Running a hospital - August 26, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs

The teachable moment
Tweets are flowing about George W. Bush's annual stress test and the resulting angioplasty and stent insertion.  Why? Because the care provided to our last President is inconsistent with current evidence-based medicine recommendations. Indeed, hospitals would risk non-payment from the government and private insurers for the type of treatment received by Mr. Bush.Here's a full description from Burt Cohen's Stent Blog.  He links to a number of tweets from people, including Eric Topol, who says:Relative to Pres Bush, here are the @ACCinTouch recommendations against stress testing http://www.cardiosource.org/News-Med...
Source: Running a hospital - August 8, 2013 Category: Health Managers Source Type: blogs