Jennifer Childs-Roshak, MD, MBA Much has been made of finding the joy in medicine of late as more patients seek care, fewer physicians are trained for primary care and electronic medical record (EMR) systems become more sophisticated. Primary care clinician burnout is at epic proportions. Population health is often hailed as one way to … Continue reading
By William B. Borden, MD DATA EMPOWERS CHANGE Health care systems seeking to improve value require data. They need data about the quality and cost of care provided. Continue reading
By K. John McConnell, PhD In the search for tools to build a high performing health system, many observers have pointed to the potential role for modern management practices, including the approaches of Lean management developed at Toyota and famously adopted by hospitals like Virginia Mason in Seattle. Atul Gawande has suggested that management tools … Continue reading
