Could OpenNotes Transform the Analytics Marketplace?
By MICHAEL MILLENSON Could OpenNotes help push predictive analytics from paternalism to partnership? As new payment incentives make it profitable to prevent illness as well as treat it, new technology... Read More
Valuing Value-Based Payment
By ANISH KOKA, MD The idea that payment should be linked to the value lies at the heart of most of the transactions we participate in on a daily basis. Yet, value based payment in healthcare has seemi... Read More
Wrong answer
This morning I stumbled upon this piece, Wrong Answer (free full text here), by Rachel Aviv in The New Yorker. It’s an old article from 2014, but a wonderfully written, compelling, sad tale. It&... Read More
Chlorhexidine bathing outside the ICU: Await the ABATE!
Daily chlorhexidine (CHG) bathing has become routine in many ICUs. Given that more healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) (including more central-line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)) occ... Read More
Trump Thinks He Just Blew Up Obamacare With a Stroke of the Pen. Did He?
By STEVE FINDLAY If you had illusions, or hopes, that the “Kill Obamacare” reality show starring Donald Trump would settle down to a dull roar, events of the last few days should blow those illusi... Read More
Six Assertions on Knowing the Unknowable Future of Healthcare
BY JOE FLOWER Some things never change. Joe Flower is one of those things. Pay attention. Joe was the keynote speaker at Health 2.0 Silicon Valley earlier this month. We’re excited to feature th... Read More
IDWeek 2017 is in the books
I’m back from IDWeek 2017 in San Diego — always good to reconnect with old friends, meet new colleagues, and hear the latest in infection prevention and antibiotic stewardship science and ... Read More
The Three Things Keeping Hospital CEOs Up Late at Night (Hint: Donald Trump Isn’t One of Them)
By PAUL KECKLEY The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation released a Request for Information (RFI) last week– “New Direction for the CMS Innovation Center.” It’s the latest chapter i... Read More