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For example, many hospitals are now engaged in making changes to improve their performance and the quality of care they provide. Change leaders need to take care of their physical health, invest in their personal life, and make sure there's a balance there. . By Guest Author Pamela Shaheen DrPH. Healthcare organizations seem to be particularly challenged in reinventing themselves when compared to other industries. . Why is that?
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The consensus is that health care costs are too high, and rising too rapidly. There is in fact a consensus out there. But the consensus evaporates with the question of how to fix it. One man who has thought a lot about this is Atul Gawande. Dr. Gawande is a surgeon, he teaches surgery at [.]. Randy's blog entries Atul Gawande The Checklist Manifesto The Cheesecake Factory
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News item #1 — Hospital health care personnel were not “ready” for the Ebola crisis to arrive. It’s sort of hard to miss the big news of the last few days. News item #2 — Peyton Manning threw for four touchdowns, and broke the all-time touchdown passing record. Both, pretty big news items. So, I […]. Randy''s blog entries
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I love student speeches. Not all of them… but enough to matter. In the last week, I’ve heard some pretty good speeches on the Ku Klux Klan, the Vietnam War, Watergate. (It’s It’s really fun to hear a speech from a student who knows nothing about her subject except from her own research. Watergate is ancient […]. Randy''s blog entries
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All of the tactics used by the oil, beverage, and banking industries to influence lawmakers at every level of government were pulled straight from the cigarette makers’ playbook: Distract people from the real problem; generate fear; split communities with rhetoric, pitting one group against another; encourage people to doubt scientific conclusions; question whether there really […]. Randy''s blog entries
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For you to sustain and grow your health and human service agency will need a value proposition using data, and a capacity plan for growth and focus. This is part of your value proposition to VBP contractors, seeking to improve population health.”
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Failure to take prescriptions as directed in a common problem in health care. Good ideas often just require some sensible thought to think of an improved approach. Management concepts can help guide such thinking, such as mistake-proofing and visual management.
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Consider that in just the first two months of 2018, 24 health care provider organizations reported data breaches affecting over 1,000 patients each, a 60% increase over the same time period last year. Health Care’s New Frontier. How technology is changing the design and delivery of care. As medical professionals first, they do what it takes to provide the best care, even if that sometimes means ignoring or going around security policies (as 4% report).
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Turn awareness into action. Emotional intelligence Stress Psychology Healthcare Digital Article
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It sounds completely impossible, but it is not: All we have to do is put aside the moral and political debates about Obamacare and recognize our health care system for what it is: a burdensome and unnecessary tax on corporate America. The Future of Health Care.
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This is especially true in health care. As health care organizations are being pressured to cut costs, reduce medical errors, and adopt both standardized processes and new innovations, providers are being asked to give up established and comfortable ways of working.
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We are a nation that cares for our fellow citizens, yet we have failed to create a health care system that fully meets the needs of people in this country. Health care is fragmented, and the quality of care varies widely, which leads to unsustainable health care spending.
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I intentionally keep politics out of my posts on this blog as much as possible. It is becoming difficult – politics permeates every facet of life these days. But this one was too important to ignore. It comes from Paul Krugman’s New York Times column earler this week, Patients Are Not Consumers. Here’s the key [.]. Randy's blog entries church vs. faith community Kenneth Burke patient vs. consumer Paul Krugman Winston Churchill Words that Work
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