Catching up on some reading, I came across this article in Medical News Today, describing the results of survey research conducted by Brenda E. Sirovich,
When doing analysis, it is really important to clarify up front what it is you are actually trying to figure out. This sounds so obvious.
A new study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine compared the economic outcomes of hospital episodes managed by hospitalists to those managed by the patients’
This morning, I read the results from a clinical trial of ovarian cancer screening in JAMA. The trial showed that ovarian cancer screening was not
Few things in my work life are better than finding mind-blowing information from other industries and figuring out the implications for healthcare. I recently read
Imagine that you are a new homeowner, shopping for insurance for your new house. You live in an area prone to earthquakes, and you are
The transformation of our health care system requires many different people to change their behaviors. Leaders of health care organizations have to be willing to
While returning from a vacation to Walt Disney World yesterday, my family and I were in a disorganized crowd at the Orlando International Airport boarding
Atul Gawande is a general surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and is an amazingly compelling writer about health care issues. He has written
As shown in the following graphic recently published by the Healthcare Intelligence Network, it has become common practice to use “case load” as a metric