Thursday, June 24th, 2010
By Mike Daly
Former CEO, Baystate Health System
As a team, our core group of bloggers meets regularly to discuss some of the complicated issues facing the healthcare industry and we offer solutions and analysis given our experience running healthcare systems across the United States.
At our latest meeting we delved into some of the reasons we feel physicians [...]
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
By Jennifer Mitchell
Editor, Action for Better Healthcare
At an annual meeting of the Federation of State Medical Boards in Chicago today, a patient-safety expert warned that state medical boards need to step in and help change a system that rewards volume in healthcare instead of quality care.
That expert, Rosemary Gibson, explained that most patients have no [...]
Friday, April 16th, 2010
By Mike Stephens
Former CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Now that healthcare reform legislation is in fact law, President Obama has been the object of unrelenting and persistent criticism due to many of the law’s provisions. While I disagree with many of these criticisms, I do share a feeling of disappointment in the lack of definitive and [...]
Tuesday, March 30th, 2010
By Jennifer Mitchell
Editor, Action for Better Healthcare
If you have been searching for answers about how healthcare reform will impact you or your hospital, you should plan on attending a special webinar this Thursday, April 1, from 3 – 5 p.m. ET.
Healthcare insiders will answer your questions about expanded healthcare coverage, managing a future under new reform [...]
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
By Jennifer Mitchell
Editor, Action for Better Healthcare
It is possible to have quality healthcare for patients and at the same time have a hospital be able to control and even cut costs. This is happening in various hospitals across the country, but you just don’t always hear about it in the news.
As a patient, you should care [...]
