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Is wellness being overlooked?
The following are my comments to Sue Schick’s blog, Are you ready to commit to a wellness program? With all of the pronouncements coming from Washington about healthcare reform, it is easy to be...
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I am Stupified
Got the T-shirt. Did you know AIG got $79 billion? There’s also our friends at Goldman. This got me thinking—some would argue that it in itself is noteworthy. There’s a reason nobody shed tears for...
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“Are the best intentions of EHR Half-Full or Half Empty?”
Doublethink. Functioning simultaneously on two contradictory beliefs and accepting both as true. By definition, one must be false, unless of course you are living in a parallel universe, in which case...
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Does reform need to be reformed?
The following is the comment I posted to, Kent Bottles: Is It Really Impossible to Control the Cost of Health Care in the U.S.? Kent, your narrative should be mandatory reading for all those in...
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Are you “The Hospital of Perpetual Implementations?”
“There is no use trying,” said Alice; “one can’t believe impossible things.” “I dare say you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day....
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The Spandex Insecurity—the Ego has Landed
Now before you get all upset about the sexist picture, at least read a little bit of this to see why I selected it. Yesterday morning, five miles into my run, I was feeling pretty good about myself. I...
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Who should be able to answer these business questions?
I wrote this piece for Hospital Impact, published April 22, 2010. (Not the title I would have chosen.)...
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Why is the large provider business model obsolescing?
Margaret Thatcher said, “Anyone who finds themselves on public transport after the age of 26 must consider themselves a failure.” There’s probably some sort of corollary for anyone twice that age that...
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EHR: Got a few minutes?
Before we get started…I am on the plane yesterday, sitting in a middle seat. An attractive woman fights her way down the aisle and sits next to me. Five minutes later it happens again. I felt like I...
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Is the term “Payor” healthcare’s oxymoron?
One of the great things about fall is that as I prune back the vestiges of my virtual garden I am able to collect basketful upon basketful of overly ripe metaphorical tomatoes, perfect for tossing at...
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Patient Experience: Does it all come down to wearing sensible shoes?
The plane’s preflight music was Celine Dion, and i felt my IQ beginning to drop. Her music has the same effect on me as a Vulcan nerve pinch, making me want to curl into a fetal position. Given the...
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