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Category Archives: Care Delivery Innovations
Electronic Health Records: Progress, Not Panacea
Posted May 16, 2012 By Kenneth Lin, MD Yesterday, the family medicine residency program where I serve as a faculty preceptor “went live” with their new electronic health record. They posted a sign at the front desk that read in … Continue reading
The Doctor Will See You Now. Really!
By Michael Weitekamp, MD I don’t like to wait; who does? If I have to wait, it helps to know why and how much longer. It helps even more if I have something to do, to read, to listen to, … Continue reading
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Fostering Innovation in Academic Medicine
A conversation with Chris Coburn, Executive Director for Innovation, Cleveland Clinic By Jennifer J. Salopek Your job title is Executive Director for Innovation. Are you the first to hold that title, and what message does it send about innovation at … Continue reading
Are Hospitals Prepared for the HCAHPS?
By Scott Wetzel How many of you have bought a car, ate at a new restaurant, or invited a cleaning service into your house without first researching its cost and quality? From Yelp to Kelly’s Bluebook to Angie’s List, most … Continue reading
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Academics and Care Delivery: A Necessary Symbiosis in an Era of Reform
By James McDeavitt, MD At the 2011 AAMC Annual Meeting in Denver, I participated in a panel called “Organizing for Success during Reform,” which showcased a variety of care and research initiatives designed to align with the goals of health … Continue reading
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Innovative Care Models Hold Promise for Workforce Challenges
By Clese Erikson For the past seven years, I have focused on calling attention to expected physician shortages, tolling a fairly doom-and-gloom message. But I’m increasingly hopeful that a new message might emerge if the innovative care models currently being … Continue reading
Utility, Development, and Practice: The Learning Curve of Clinical Practice Guidelines
By Kelly Walkovich, MD, and Valerie Castle, MD As pediatric oncologists, we are accustomed with working within the boundaries of extensive patient care protocols. In fact, the backbone of success in pediatric cancer treatment is largely due to strict adherence … Continue reading
New Evidence for Advancing Palliative Care
By David Longnecker, MD As Americans, we all have the right to “have our own say.” However, when faced with an advanced illness, are individuals guided toward the same principle? People who struggle with multiple chronic diseases or terminal illnesses … Continue reading
Learning among Leaders: Integrating Effectiveness and Implementation Research into Clinical Care
By Mildred Solomon What do reducing the bleeding complications of angioplasty, injuries due to shoulder dystocia in newborns, and blood glucose levels for patients with diabetes all have in common? These diverse improvements in quality of care are three examples … Continue reading
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Offering a Challenge to Change: The Care Innovation Summit
By Jane Eilbacher In the post-Affordable Care Act world of health care and health policy, “innovation” is the ultimate buzzword. Between Medicare and CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) demonstrations and pilot programs such as accountable care organizations and payment bundling; new … Continue reading
