Marc Harrison presents 5 critical priorities to significantly improve our health care system. As debilitating as the COVID-19 was to the U.S., it helped us to focus on our health and potentially redefined the future of health care in America. The priorities presented in the article by Marc Harrison have the potential to improve health … Read more
Micheal E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee have an interesting perspective on the strategy that will fix the health care industry in their article “The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care”. They start by saying at the core of the strategy that it should be all about maximizing value for the patients. This means that … Read more
Harvard Business Review’s The Strategy That Will Fix Health Care is an article that discusses ways to fix healthcare worldwide. In the article, they talk about health care costs rising. Due to Medicare and Medicaid recipients increasing, and low reimbursement rates, private doctors are moving to salary-based jobs. In the article, providers could reduce costs … Read more
Mental health is a hot topic within the world and has been for years. In recent years we have taken a look at teenage suicides and school shooters. In the news lately, there was a six year old student that deliberately shot his teacher. Now this is a look at the different extremes to occur … Read more
Systemic And Structural Racism: Definitions, Examples, Health Damages, And Approaches To Dismantling provided an in depth view of racism, as well as the work it will take to dismantle the reality that racism has and does indeed still exist. Often, racism is seen as overt actions or words towards a specific person that can be … Read more
Quality of Care in the United States Health Care System has been the focus of much scrutiny in recent decades, as models have begun shifting from fee-for-service to value-based care payment models. Provider practices that operate within various insurance contracts and quality programs are responsible for not only providing quality, efficient, affordable care, but also … Read more
Alan R. Weil, the Editor and Chief of Health Affairs journal, takes a look into the relation between income and health. The study was funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Equity-Focused Policy Research program. The overall premise is that although the government provides care there are still inequalities depending on social determinants, income, and … Read more
Judy Lewent is the Chief Financial Officer for the Pharmaceutical company Merck Inc. She manages a tight ship with several employees, five hundred of them being on the financial team. The article is based in the 1990s, during the Clinton administration. The purpose of this analysis is to analyze the relationship between pharmaceutical companies and … Read more
In David Tuller’s article, “A New Way to Support Frequent Emergency Department Visitors,” he discusses the multivisit patient (MVP) program launched by Harris Health Systems to address the issue of frequent emergency department (ED) visits. A small percentage of patients regularly account for a large number of visits, causing overcrowding and dissatisfaction with the care … Read more
In the article, Finding Time For Compassion In A Busy Emergency Department written by Angela Blood, she shares a firsthand experience of her stay at an emergency department. The premise of the article is Angela receiving a false positive pregnancy test result that was made in error, and how the emergency department staff lacked compassion for the … Read more