Trying to avoid overuse, underuse of medical care
In this Modern Healthcare interview, Vikas Saini, M.D., president of the Lown Institute, the healthcare think tank and reform organization, discusses the need to involve patients in decision-making...
View ArticleHealthcare’s lexicon lunacies
John Dentler, writing in Hospitals & Health Networks, weighs in on sloppy healthcare language: “When there are a lack of rules guiding definitions, spelling and acronyms or initialisms of words...
View ArticleHospitals fighting revival of ‘the public option’
Hillary Clinton, under pressure from the left wing of the Democratic Party, is now pushing for “public option” coverage in the state and federal health insurance exchanges. This would be a compromise...
View ArticleZakaria: Success in healthcare will depend on managing data
Celebrity journalist Fareed Zakaria, speaking at the Health Forum and American Hospital Association Leadership Summit, discussed the datafication and Uberfication of healthcare. Mr. Zakaria believes...
View Article7 things to know about Kaine’s healthcare views
Here’s one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s “Things to Know” features — this one has seven things to know about Democratic vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine’s stand on healthcare issues. 1. Sen. Kaine...
View ArticleBerwick: Push for the Triple Aim will continue under Trump
Ilene MacDonald, of FierceHealthcare, writes about the views of former CMS Administrator Don Berwick, M.D., on health policy under the Trump administration. She writes: “Trump’s pre-election...
View ArticleBig gender gap persists in hospital C-suites
Modern Healthcare reports that women represent only 26 percent of hospital CEO positions, although they have about 75 percent of healthcare jobs (largely because most nurses are women). At Fortune 500...
View ArticleTimothy J. Babineau, M.D.: Look at what works well in U.S. healthcare and...
American healthcare is expensive. Too expensive. On this, there is little debate. In 2001 the median U.S. household spent 6.4 percent of its income on healthcare; by 2016, the same household spent...
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Magic of the market doesn’t work in healthcare
Millionaire businessman Geoff Coventry writes on why there’s no free-market fix for America’s hyper-complicated healthcare crisis. To read his essay, please hit this link. The post Magic of the market...
View ArticlePhysicians are said to grapple with their ‘moral injury’
An essay in STAT suggests that “moral injury,” not “burnout,” is the biggest problem for physicians now. The authors write: “Moral injury is frequently mischaracterized. In combat veterans it is...
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