Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
By Mike Stephens
Former CEO, Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian
Well-known doctor and author Atul Gawande has written an important article in this month’s The New Yorker entitled “Letting Go.” It raises important issues regarding end-of-life care and decisions patients and their caregivers should think but that too often get overlooked.
I admire Dr. Gawande’s honesty and courage in writing [...]
Thursday, July 1st, 2010
By Dr. Seymour Handler – Guest blogger
Retired Pathologist, North Memorial Medical Center, Minneapolis
Most observers would agree that recently signed legislation should more accurately be described as health insurance reform, not healthcare reform. That’s because we still face the inability to control overwhelming healthcare costs.
You may be asking what is causing this? Well, for starters, it [...]
Friday, April 2nd, 2010
By Kester Freeman
Former CEO, Palmetto Health
Dr. Atul Gawande has an insightful article in the latest issue of The New Yorker magazine. You can read the entire article by clicking here.
He explains that the reform package clearly recognizes that the current healthcare payment model, based on the quantity of care rather than the value of care, cannot [...]
Monday, March 1st, 2010
American Medical News has written an informative article regarding how checklists are helping to lower infection rates in a group of hospitals in Michigan.
While checklists are not the final answer when it comes to decreasing infection rates, experts such as Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD and Atul Gawande, MD, MPH, explain how checklists are certainly impacting the [...]
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Well-known and well-respected surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande is discussing healthcare reform and his opinion is worth reading. Dr. Gawande is a staff member of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. He helps put health reform costs in perspective in his latest article for The New Yorker magazine. Dr. Gawande clearly understands the current system needs [...]
