3comments
“You talk about it (the challenge of change) like it’s past tense” – Kate Koplan, MD These were the awesome words of Kate Koplan, MD from Atrius Health ( @AtriusHealth ) when I got to see her after a 5 year hiatus and let her know that I read the story of her work with [...]
1comment
Bisognano M, Kenney C. Pursuing the triple aim: seven innovators show the way to better care, better health, and lower costs . Jossey-Bass; 2012. “We have manufacturing processes with 8,000 data points attached to them. We never had that in health care” – Pat McDonald, Intel Corporation When I give tours of the Kaiser Permanente [...]
3commentsOpen Notes and the Electronic Medical Record: IHI Audio Program – If you had the chance to look at what your physician wrote in your medical record about your last visit, would you take advantage of it? Would this make your relationship with your doctor or primary care provider more collaborative? More effective? These are [...]
2comments
I recently returned from Vancouver, BC, where I was able to attend the International Summit on Redesigning the Office Practice , hosted by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. I tended to drift toward the sessions that focused on LEAN transformations in primary care, with a lot of impressive teaching about impressive work in a host [...]