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[Anecdotes] Public Lactation – Celebrity Edition
An article in today’s USA Today cites that celebrity Beyoncé Knowles has been spotted breastfeeding in public. While I tend to shun away from celebrity news on most occasions, the article surprisingly focuses on health and well-being. Therefore Beyoncé’s choice to Continue Reading …
Using Malpractice Claims as a Proxy for Quality
Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too. – Anton Chekhov Quality in health care has become a large driving force for managers, clinicians, Continue Reading …
Reinventing Health Care by Paying for Quality
Health care systems around the world are beginning to shift from paying for any and all care provided to incentivizing the provision of high quality care. However, pay-for-performance programs create their own problems. The reinvention of health care begins with Continue Reading …
Academic Medicine: Failing When it Comes to Quality
“The most essential part of a student’s instruction is obtained…not in the lecture-room, but at the bedside. Nothing seen there is lost…its unforeseen occurrences stamp themselves indelibly in the memory.” Oliver Wendell Holmes The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Continue Reading …
[Anecdotes] Affordable Care Act provides benefits for small price tag
I recently came across a chart from @NatHarward and forwarded along by @AHIPCoverage regarding the increase in insurance premiums expected as a result of the recent health reform law. Although we typically do not report on studies that are not peer-reviewed, I Continue Reading …