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Not Running a Hospital: Dear CMS, price matters
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Dear CMS, price matters. Your government at work. Here's the pertinent quote from Melinda Beck's Wall Street Journal. Article on proton beam therapy. It's time for the government to have the spine and judgment to change its pricing for this therapy. As I have noted earlier. There is a separate a...
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Not Running a Hospital: When you have a hammer
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Tuesday, August 04, 2015. When you have a hammer. Christopher Weyant in The New Yorker. June 8-15, 2015. Between the doctor and the patient, such risks should be carefully explained well before the short stay at the pre-op area. From Henry Ford back in 2007, for example, focused on difficult airways and the like. Of par...
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Not Running a Hospital: Gene cites John: Makes great sense!
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Friday, August 07, 2015. Gene cites John: Makes great sense! Where he excerpts useful thoughts offered by one of the most successful employers of Lean. Why has Lean succeeded in some places and failed in others? Gene summarizes the key lesson from the book:. I think there is great evidence that John has walked the talk&...
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Not Running a Hospital: Well done, Partners!
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Well done, Partners! But that is just a well-executed business strategy. The real accomplishment of Partners has been its ability to persist in the exercise of such market power even after the disparity in payment rates was clearly documented. Even after business leaders (i.e., subscriber...Price...
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Not Running a Hospital: In Washington State: It's not NICE, but it's good.
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Monday, May 18, 2015. In Washington State: It's not NICE, but it's good. Back in 2006, the state of Washington enacted a law creating the Washington State Health Technology Assessment Program. NICE), which performs similar functions for the National Health Service. The agency sets forth the following problem statement.
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Not Running a Hospital: When Good Teams Go Wrong
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Tuesday, August 11, 2015. When Good Teams Go Wrong. In a Harvard Business Review article. The employees at Nut Island had set up their own team without the direction and guidance of management, and it had become a priority among the group to avoid contact with upper management whenever possible. Indeed, they viewed ...
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Not Running a Hospital: We've been swindled
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Wednesday, June 24, 2015. This is a true story. It is not- repeat, not- about the quality of care received by my friend at two excellent Harvard teaching hospitals. He was very clear to me that the doctors and nurses and other staff were attentive, considerate, communicative, and expert in their treatment of him. The BW...
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Not Running a Hospital: Where would you rather serve?
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Monday, August 03, 2015. Where would you rather serve? Which is more hierarchical, the military or health care? A medical student who had served as a corpsman in the military attended our Telluride Patient Safety. Session last week. She noted her experience while on clinical rotations:. When the Navy goes to sea, they m...
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Not Running a Hospital: Protecting the public trust--a robotically assisted liver donation case
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Not Running a Hospital. This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and teaching. Sunday, June 14, 2015. Protecting the public trust- a robotically assisted liver donation case. One common theme of the Lewis Blackman. With regard to the Blackman case:. There is perhaps no procedure more compelling than a living related liver donation, and I count the surgeons who carry out these procedures as nothing...
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