by joeflower | Jul 24, 2012 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare Management, Systems Thinking, Top Healthcare Stories
A hospital that spends more upfront on evidence-based design will soon reap the payback in better outcomes. It was some doctor show on cable: Nurse McCarthy bustles into the hospital room, says “Good morning!” brightly, and crosses the brilliantly polished linoleum...
by joeflower | Jun 28, 2012 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare Beyond Reform Book, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform, Top Healthcare Stories
What a cliffhanger! It is an historic decision, found on the narrowest possible grounds, with a majority agreeing on the result, but not broadly on the reasoning. Effects: The principal effects of the finding, from the point of view of the system: They have just...
by joeflower | Jun 20, 2012 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare 2.0, Healthcare Beyond Reform Book, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Policy, Healthcare Reform, Top Healthcare Stories
[Press Release] Sausalito, Calif., June 20, 2012 — With the Supreme Court’s decision on the healthcare reform act expected within the week, both hope and fear are building that the Court will stop healthcare reform in its tracks. But a healthcare futurist argues that...
by joeflower | Jun 8, 2012 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare 2.0, Healthcare Beyond Reform Book, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Reform, Top Healthcare Stories
I’ve been saying it for years now, it’s the theme of Healthcare Beyond Reform: Doing It Right For Half The Cost — and now it’s even hit the editorial pages of the NY Times: A June 2 editorial, “Treating You Better For Less,” trumpets the...