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Have Mergers and Acquisitions among Hospitals Improved Our Lot?
While Merger and Acquisition activity in health care has increased, the rationale for these activities seem to have little effect on improving the delivery of health care itself. Continue reading
How Can We Align Incentives As We Move From Volume to Value?
Changing payment for health care from volume to value will be facilitated if the stakeholders keep a close eye on “What’s in it for me” Continue reading
Providers, Patient Care Delivery and Policy: Hospitalist story
There are often perverse incentives in health care. These incentives can, at times, create competing drives where providers are encouraged to do things that directly increase the costs of care. Consider the reaction to the mandate to cut down hours … Continue reading
Posted in General Interest, Operational effectiveness, Policy, Quality
Tagged Hospitalist, Public Policy, quality
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