Archive for March, 2010

A Week to Remember

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

In the busyness of life, sometimes we need to be reminded to stop and take stock in the moment.  This past week is one such time in the history of our nation, and in the history of our company.

For most of us, the passage of healthcare reform has broad political implications but lately the political process seems to have taken control of the deeper and more relevant meaning of health reform.  Whichever way the politics play out on this, one thing is certain: Healthcare in America is about to embark on widespread change. Read the rest of this entry →

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Simple Solutions Keep Coming Out on Top

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

Right before Christmas, Atul Gawande, a surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and a prolific writer at The New Yorker who writes about the problems and challenges of modern medicine, published a book titled The Checklist Manifesto–How to get things right.

The gist of the book is that by employing simple checklists in hospitals, procedures are performed with fewer complications and patients get healthier. Gawande has been making the rounds on The Daily Show, PBS’ News Hour with Jim Lehrer, NPR and other media outlets promoting his book and discussing the remarkable success checklists can produce. Read the rest of this entry →

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