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America’s Loneliness Epidemic: A Hidden Systemic Risk to Organizations

Michael Lee Stallard

This is consistent with an earlier analysis on the potential public health relevance of social isolation and loneliness. The power of connection is on full display at Mayo Clinic, America’s top-ranked hospital and arguably the best hospital in the world. World’s Best Hospital Has Connection in Its DNA.

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Integrating Maintenance of Board Certification and Health Systems’ Quality-Improvement Programs

Harvard Business Review

To address this shortcoming, Mayo Clinic formed a partnership in 2009 with the American Board of Family Medicine, the American Board of Internal Medicine, and the American Board of Pediatrics to create a pilot program: the Multi-Specialty Portfolio Program for Part IV MOC. Authority and Structure. Review and approve QIPs.

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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors

Harvard Business Review

The Mayo Clinic is America’s best hospital, according to the 2016 US News and World Report (USNWR) ranking. The analysis showed that hospital quality scores are approximately 25% higher in physician-run hospitals than in manager-run hospitals. The Best Hospitals. Cleveland Clinic comes in second.

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Turning Value-Based Health Care into a Real Business Model

Harvard Business Review

At Mayo Clinic, surgeons who perform lumpectomies or partial mastectomies for breast cancer work during the operation with the Frozen Section Pathology Lab to determine whether all the cancer has been removed. But Mayo doesn’t do it just to get results to a patient 23 hours sooner. nationally.

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Virtual Health Care Could Save the U.S. Billions Each Year

Harvard Business Review

To explore the impact of virtual health in primary care, an Accenture analysis looked at the economic value of virtual health uses in three common care scenarios: an annual patient visit; ongoing patient management; and self-care. health system over the next few years. million hours across the PCP workforce.

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Fix the Handful of U.S. Hospitals Responsible for Out-of-Control Costs

Harvard Business Review

In May 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released CMS Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) inpatient data that contain discharge information for 100% of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries using hospital inpatient services. The variations were extraordinary.

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How to Work Confidently with Numbers People

Harvard Business Review

. “You need to have a sound baseline understanding of business analysis—including the four families of financial ratios and tools for calculating return on investment.” ” Davenport highly recommends also getting a solid grasp on the basics of regression analysis. Zach Mayo is not particularly numbers-minded.

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