May 14, 2018 |  0
Harper’s Magazine dates back to 1850, and their monthly list of statistics started in 1984. After attending SHM’s annual conference last month, I thought I’d present a few of my favorite pearls similar to the Harper’s Index each month in their magazine. % of Medicare patients discharged with an opiate prescription: 14% % of those […]
May 11, 2018 |  0
There have certainly been numerous articles, periodicals, missives, messages, courses and LinkedIn articles about the importance of strong leadership. I myself have blogged that most “challenges” in hospital medicine could likely be solved with strong leadership and adequate staffing. But recently I gave a talk with Sarah Apgar from UCSF on differences in supervision and […]
May 1, 2018 |  0
Prices from a chargemaster are “what a drunken billionaire would pay a hospital if his wife were not around to control the bastard.” — Uwe Reinhardt You might be asking why such an outlandish quote? Last week CMS proposed* to change the way patients see the costs of hospital bills.  So what you might utter. […]