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https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/12/how-to-ensure-statistically-valid-sample.html Not Running a Hospital: How to ensure a "statistically valid sample" Here's something to give you even more confidence in validity of the US News and World Report hospital rankings, also the work being done a... not running a hospitalhow to ensurestatisticallyvalidsample https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/10/big-lie.html Not Running a Hospital: The big lie There is a wonderful expression in politics, "If you say something often enough, it becomes the truth." Of course, it doesn't really become... not running a hospitalthe biglie https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2015/05/scripting-scripps.html Not Running a Hospital: Scripting Scripps Gary Schwitzer and his buddies at Health News Review are the experts in critiquing medical stories, noting: The mission of HealthNewsRev... not running a hospitalscriptingscripps https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/06/whos-going-to-do-this-work.html?showComment=1245184225429 Not Running a Hospital: Who's going to do this work? I've been thinking a lot about Clayton Christensen's comment that the traditional general hospital is not a viable business model, and espe... not running a hospitalgoing todo this https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/04/reputation-versus-quality-us-news.html?showComment=1271954303746 Not Running a Hospital: Reputation versus quality: U.S. News Hospital Ranking Each year, US News and World Report publishes its list of the top 50 hospitals in various specialties (example here ). Now, an article has... not running a hospitalreputation https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/06/please-come-clean-on-public-health-plan.html?showComment=1246289536239 Not Running a Hospital: Please come clean on the public health plan A few days ago , I wrote about the inconsistencies in the President's and Congressional descriptions of a public health insurance plan and s... not running a hospitalcome clean https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/06/please-come-clean-on-public-health-plan.html?showComment=1246285411776 Not Running a Hospital: Please come clean on the public health plan A few days ago , I wrote about the inconsistencies in the President's and Congressional descriptions of a public health insurance plan and s... not running a hospitalcome clean https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2006/11/greetings-huntsville.html Not Running a Hospital: Greetings, Huntsville! A note to our director of Emergency Services. No further comment necessary from me! To: Mccool,Michelle (BIDMC - Director of Ambulatory/Eme... not running a hospitalgreetingshuntsville https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/01/achieving-mount-everest.html Not Running a Hospital: Achieving Mount Everest Check out this website , referred by a friend. Every Monday, this young artist posts a new song he has written on this site, accompanied by... not running a hospitalachievingmounteverest https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/11/turn-left-then-jet-ski-across-ocean.html?showComment=1289178994588 Not Running a Hospital: Turn left, then jet ski across the ocean You can count on Google maps to give you the best possible route between two places. See, this, for example, to go from Japan to China. Fo... not running a hospitalturn left https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/06/pig-part-2.html Not Running a Hospital: Pig -- Part 2 Welcome from round 1 of the pig game . Now we turn to round 2. This time, hand out the instructions above, along with another copy of t... not running a hospitalpigpart https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2015/01/do-they-need-to-get-over-themselves.html?showComment=1420925838603 Not Running a Hospital: Do they need to get over themselves? One of the things I enjoy about Australians is the tendency for straight talk, but I wonder if the Premier of Victoria will come to have ... not running a hospitalneed toget over https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/04/future-leaders.html?showComment=1239361200000 Not Running a Hospital: Future leaders I joined a group of Harvard undergraduates today at their class, "The Quality of Health Care in America," co-taught by several medical lumin... not running a hospitalfutureleaders https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2015/11/bad-behavior-among-youngsters-on-pitch.html?showComment=1447424749931 Not Running a Hospital: Bad behavior among the youngsters on the pitch I came across this cartoon on Facebook (with thanks to UK surgeon Isam Osman) and it prompted me to write about a trend I've noticed whil... not running a hospitalbad behaviorthe youngsters https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-courage-muscle-free-again.html?showComment=1395880457140 Not Running a Hospital: The Courage Muscle. Free again. These balloons always garnished Monique's house on St. Patrick's Day, when she and her family would invite friends and neighbors to cele... not running a hospitalthe couragemusclefree https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-to-vote-on-medgadgetcom.html?showComment=1200359280000 Not Running a Hospital: How to vote on Medgadget.com No, this is not about hanging chads. I've talked to friends who say they have voted on http://www.medgadget.com/ for their choice of best b... not running a hospitalhow to votemedgadget https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/03/pioneer-speaks-about-ma-health-reform.html Not Running a Hospital: Pioneer speaks about MA health reform The Pioneer Institute is a public policy research center in Massachusetts. On the political spectrum, most people would call it conservati... not running a hospitalabout mapioneerspeakshealth https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/07/arithmetic.html Not Running a Hospital: Arithmetic An editorial in the New York Times prompts me to take a moment to present some arithmetic to that editorial board, our Attorney General, t... not running a hospitalarithmetic https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/07/affordability.html Not Running a Hospital: Affordability Still catching up on the holiday week, I refer to a Boston Globe op-ed written by Derrick Jackson on July 7, in which he refers to "the abj... not running a hospitalaffordability https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/04/aco-rules-wheres-beef.html?showComment=1302015093659 Not Running a Hospital: ACO rules: Where's the beef? I'm sorry, but I just don't get it. Last week, CMS announced proposed regulations about setting up Accountable Care Organizations. Here's ... not running a hospitalacorulesbeef https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/12/shrink-to-grow.html?showComment=1417995223015 Not Running a Hospital: Shrink to grow I want to make an outrageous proposal to the board of trustees of Partners Healthcare System (PHS) as they go about deciding on their nex... not running a hospitalshrinkgrow https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/12/going-to-tn-stay-awake-for-this.html?showComment=1228829160000 Not Running a Hospital: Going to TN? Stay awake for this! Two of our folks, Sue Dorion and Mary Grzybinski (surrounding Dr. Eswar Sundar, the handsome guy in the middle) are presenting this week at ... not running a hospitalgoing tostay awake https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/12/is-this-progress.html?showComment=1197569280000 Not Running a Hospital: Is this progress? Is this progress? You get to vote with your comments. Three of my friends ate at Legal Seafoods in the Prudential Center last night. At th... not running a hospitalprogress https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-third-golden-handshake.html?showComment=1411320022691 Not Running a Hospital: The third golden handshake Blue Cross Blue Shield has, in some respects, been a leader in Massachusetts in pursuing the agenda to bend the health care cost curve. Bu... not running a hospitalthe thirdgoldenhandshake https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/01/dr-codman-was-right-then-and-he-is.html Not Running a Hospital: Dr. Codman was right then, and he is right now Please check out this article by Doctors Swensen and Cortese from the Mayo Clinic. An excerpt: Transparency was an issue for the American ... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/12/what-would-this-look-like-for-academic.html Not Running a Hospital: What would this look like for academic medical centers? A colleague in the arts sent along the following: "An analysis of the mission statements of leading US art museums yields some surprisin... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/12/on-accountability.html?showComment=1261421253143 Not Running a Hospital: On accountability A "benefit" of being a CEO is that publishers send you copies of all the new management books, presumably so you will recommend them to your... not running a hospitalaccountability https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/02/celebrating-partnership.html Not Running a Hospital: Celebrating Partnership Yesterday we celebrated the designation of two of our folks as members of the new class of Boston Associates of The Partnership, Inc . They... not running a hospitalcelebratingpartnership https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/08/a-lesson-from-harvard.html?showComment=1376065433652 Not Running a Hospital: A lesson from Harvard There are a lot of really bright folks at Harvard, including some of the world's experts in the health care field. How meaningful, then, wh... not running a hospitallessonharvard https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/03/benefits-of-electronic-prescription.html Not Running a Hospital: Benefits of electronic prescription ordering I am hoping that our CIO, John Halamka, will provide more details on his blog in the coming days, but I wanted to jump the gun a bit and do... not running a hospitalbenefits ofelectronicprescriptionordering https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/04/mit-class-managing-in-adversity.html?showComment=1302812680271 Not Running a Hospital: MIT Class: Managing in Adversity I just gave a guest lecture at an MIT Sloane School class entitled, "Managing in Adversity." Professors Peter Kurzina and Howard Anderson (... not running a hospitalmitclassmanagingadversity https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2006/09/transparency.html?showComment=1160793120000 Not Running a Hospital: Transparency In the health care world, it has become fashionable to be in favor of "transparency," which roughly means public access to how well provider... not running a hospitaltransparency https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2015/07/an-individual-and-organizational-moral.html?showComment=1438273725063 Not Running a Hospital: An individual and organizational moral obligation My buddy Jeff Thompson is stepping down as CEO of Gundersen Health System in a few months. I have commented several times here on Jeff's... not running a hospitalan individualorganizationalmoralobligation https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/08/primary-causes.html?showComment=1249654725389 Not Running a Hospital: Primary Causes The following sentence from the report of the Massachusetts Payment Reform Commission caught my eye: "It is widely recognized that the curr... not running a hospitalprimarycauses https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/11/protons-killing-cancer-and-our-budget.html Not Running a Hospital: Protons killing cancer and our budget Proton beam therapy is an effective modality for killing certain types of cancer cells. New England and the Northeast are fortunate to have ... not running a hospitalprotonskillingcancerbudget https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/01/should-there-be-billing-code-for.html?showComment=1296430923899 Not Running a Hospital: Should there be a billing code for compassionate care? Back in 2009, Dr. Amy Ship gave a moving acceptance speech when she received the annual Compassionate Caregiver Award from the Schwartz Cen... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/04/alarms-should-go-off-in-our-heads.html?showComment=1270562382380 Not Running a Hospital: Alarms should go off in our heads There is a quote about telemetered alarms that caught my attention in a recent Boston Globe story by Liz Kowalczyk about one of the Bosto... not running a hospitalalarms https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-rally-for-roxana-saberia-and.html Not Running a Hospital: Blog Rally for Roxana Saberi and others Thanks to T at Notes of an Anesthesioboist for getting this going. A group of bloggers is holding a blog rally in support of Roxana Saberi... not running a hospitalroxana saberiblog https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/07/message-you-hope-never-to-send.html?showComment=1215349620000 Not Running a Hospital: The message you hope never to send An email sent out on Thursday morning. My commentary follows. Dear BIDMC Community, This week at BIDMC, a patient was harmed when something... not running a hospitalthe message https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/02/little-ideas-work-too.html?showComment=1170957120000 Not Running a Hospital: Little ideas work, too As a follow-up to yesterday's posting, I want to give two examples of changes instituted in one of our departments, neurology, that are indi... not running a hospitallittle ideaswork https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/04/now-for-something-really-important.html?showComment=1207093920000 Not Running a Hospital: Now for something really important A Facebook message I received at 9:10 am yesterday. I like how it shows that everyone is involved in improving the patient experience. Not... not running a hospitalsomethingreallyimportant https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/12/ill-take-generic-cancer-treatment-please.html Not Running a Hospital: I'll take generic cancer treatment, please Speaking of insipid hospital advertising in Jacksonville Airport , what's the story about this one from Mayo Clinic? Who on earth doesn... not running a hospitalcancer treatment https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/01/i-just-hadnt-reached-conclusion.html?showComment=1294999272820 Not Running a Hospital: I just hadn't reached a conclusion It is not soccer season -- certainly not with a blizzard here in Boston -- but reminders abound. Yesterday, I ran into one of my former pla... not running a hospitalreachedconclusion https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/06/terrorism-far-and-near.html Not Running a Hospital: Terrorism -- Far and Near A riveting presentation today to our Board of Overseers. First was Diane Covert (above), freelance photographer and creator of " Inside Terr... not running a hospitalterrorismfarnear https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/11/dont-worry-about-it.html?showComment=1195689720000 Not Running a Hospital: "Don't worry about it" I have written before about hand hygiene and the inexplicable difficulty of getting people who are trained in medicine to be attentive to t... not running a hospitalworry https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/06/social-media-utility.html?showComment=1307650426339 Not Running a Hospital: Social media utility It's time to revisit and evaluate the utility of our social networks. Let me take a personal look at the three main ones I use (in addition... not running a hospitalsocial mediautility https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/10/note-to-other-89-you-are-in-minority.html?showComment=1256483313728 Not Running a Hospital: A note to other 89%: You are in the minority A couple of weeks ago , I wrote about a Boston hospital that had shut down employee access to various social media sites and offered my view... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/09/proverbial-wisdom.html?showComment=1222357740000 Not Running a Hospital: Proverbial Wisdom I am listening to a delightful interview by Tom Ashbrook on his show On Point on WBUR radio with David Crystal about his new book As They ... not running a hospitalproverbialwisdom https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/10/whew-i-thought-this-was-us.html?showComment=1193241420000 Not Running a Hospital: Whew, I thought this was us I received this email, and I first thought it was a complaint about us. But no, it was about another hospital in town, and the writer was d... not running a hospitalwhewthoughtus https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-if-they-had-had-to-pay.html?showComment=1325795896794 Not Running a Hospital: What if they had had to pay? A true story, with changes made to protect privacy. A 89-year-old man with dementia, a heart condition, and other serious medical condition... not running a hospitalwhat ifhad topay https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/08/problem-must-be-visible.html Not Running a Hospital: Problem must be visible! Well, back to work after some weekend diversions ! We recently hosted Mr. Hideshi Yokoi, president of the Toyota Production System Suppor... not running a hospitalproblemmustvisible https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/03/these-things-happen.html?showComment=1174052940000 Not Running a Hospital: These things happen I was reminded of this by our Chief of Medicine. In the movie, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World , Ethel Merman, playing Mrs. Marcus, says: No... not running a hospitalthese thingshappen https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/05/almost-academy-awards.html Not Running a Hospital: Almost the Academy Awards Sometimes the most prestigious awards are inexplicably not covered by the major media. Here's one example. Thanks to Amanda Russell, RN, se... not running a hospitalthe academyalmostawards https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/05/dominance-visualized.html?showComment=1368967510349 Not Running a Hospital: Dominance visualized For those of you who don't believe me when I talk about the problems related to market dominance in health care, I refer you to a recent ... not running a hospitaldominancevisualized https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/01/better-than-buying-ads.html?showComment=1231300440000 Not Running a Hospital: Better than buying ads I meant to cite this article about the use of social media in health care settings several weeks ago. It's main focus is marketing, but I ... not running a hospitalbetter thanbuyingads https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/09/better-water.html Not Running a Hospital: Better water Remember the bottled-water-versus-tap-water taste test I wrote about a few weeks ago? Here's a recent note sent to folks in the hospital f... not running a hospitalbetterwater https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/10/thanks-professor-ocasio.html?showComment=1383095693662 Not Running a Hospital: Thanks, Professor Ocasio! I want to thank Willam Ocasio , Kellogg professor of management and operations at Northwestern University, for saving me some money. He r... not running a hospitalthanksprofessor https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/11/more-from-chicago.html Not Running a Hospital: More from Chicago Here are some pictures of attendees at the Joint Commission event mentioned below . I think these folks are from Indiana, Wisconsin, New Yo... not running a hospitalmore fromchicago https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/09/labor-delivery-disclosure-malpractice.html?showComment=1315150489661 Not Running a Hospital: Labor, Delivery, Disclosure, Malpractice Let's talk about a different kind of labor on Labor Day weekend, the kind that delivers babies, and an order issued this past week by the U.... not running a hospitallabordeliverydisclosuremalpractice https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/09/ Not Running a Hospital: September 2013 This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and... not running a hospitalseptember https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/07/welcome-to-consumer-driven-healthcare.html Not Running a Hospital: Welcome to consumer-driven healthcare, Italy A story in today's Wall Street Journal European and online editions covers a plan by the Italian government to introduce austerity measures... not running a hospitalwelcome toconsumerdrivenhealthcare https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/07/gubernatorial-candidates-its-time-to.html Not Running a Hospital: Gubernatorial candidates: It's time to stand up and be counted As the July 21 deadline approaches for public comments on the Attorney General-Partners deal, it will be interesting to see if her opponent... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2012/10/75-billion-my-sympathies.html Not Running a Hospital: $7.5 billion. My sympathies. A recent story in the Boston Globe discusses the difficulties faced by Partners Healthcare System in managing its $7.5 billion in assets.... not running a hospitalbillionsympathies https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/12/ Not Running a Hospital: December 2014 This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and... not running a hospitaldecember https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/06/time-to-call-hbs.html?showComment=1181579280000 Not Running a Hospital: Time to call HBS? This post is about strategic planning in the Boston health care market. I hope you will respond with your reactions and thoughts. As a fri... not running a hospitaltime tocallhbs https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/11/mr-ness-everybody-knows-where-booze-is.html?showComment=1321290760968 Not Running a Hospital: Mr. Ness, everybody knows where the booze is. A quality-driven MD colleague writes with frustration about two problems in his academic medical center. I often hear similar comments from... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/10/journal-of-participatory-medicine-has.html Not Running a Hospital: Journal of Participatory Medicine has its debut E-patient Dave informs me of a new venture, the Journal of Participatory Medicine , a peer-reviewed open access journal. It is the product... not running a hospitaljournal ofparticipatory medicine https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/02/obamacare-shift.html?showComment=1298646713216 Not Running a Hospital: ObamaCare Shift A colleague pointed this out to me recently, and I think he has it right: While more people will have health insurance as a result of the f... not running a hospitalobamacareshift https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2012/09/30-30-rule-for-lightning.html Not Running a Hospital: 30-30 rule for lightning Living next to a soccer field has many advantages, but sometimes you also see things that are troubling. Today, as storms approached and... not running a hospitalrulelightning https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/07/ Not Running a Hospital: July 2008 This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and... not running a hospitaljuly https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/03/help-alex-go-back-to-craftsmanship-of.html Not Running a Hospital: Help Alex go back to the craftsmanship of printing Our buddy, Alex Green, the owner of a great independent book store in Waltham, MA, is asking for help with an Indiegogo project . Please ... not running a hospitalgo back to https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/04/click-through-slides-from-cdc.html Not Running a Hospital: Click through the slides (from the CDC) Read this doc on Scribd: CDC trends in obesity 1985 2001 not running a hospitalclick throughthe slidescdc https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/07/womens-world-cup-thoughts.html Not Running a Hospital: Women's World Cup thoughts Whether or not you like the final result, I hope you will agree with me that Julie Foudy and Ian Darke were superb commentators during the W... not running a hospitalworld cupwomenthoughts https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-seiu-is-back-this-time-with-ballot.html Not Running a Hospital: The SEIU is back: This time with ballot initiatives As you watch the Service Employees International Union in action, you are inevitably left with the feeling that this is a union that has su... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/03/town-meetings-bidmc.html Not Running a Hospital: Town meetings @ BIDMC Looking at these smiling people, you would never think that the topic of the day was possible layoffs, reduction of employee benefits, and o... not running a hospitaltown meetingsbidmc https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2016/01/no-worries-not-so-good.html Not Running a Hospital: No worries? Not so good. Every language or region has its colloquial response to "Thank you!" In Spanish, we say, "De nada." "It's nothing." In the United State... not running a hospitalworriesgood https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/04/big-chair-for-little-ones.html Not Running a Hospital: A big chair for the little ones Congratulations to Dr. DeWayne Pursley, our chief of neonatology, who just a few days ago was named Chair-Elect of the American Academy of P... not running a hospitalfor thebigchairlittle https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/04/alarms-should-go-off-in-our-heads.html Not Running a Hospital: Alarms should go off in our heads There is a quote about telemetered alarms that caught my attention in a recent Boston Globe story by Liz Kowalczyk about one of the Bosto... not running a hospitalalarms https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2013/11/its-time-for-nhs-change-day-2014-to.html?showComment=1383752872557 Not Running a Hospital: It's time for NHS Change Day 2014 to begin. What happens when the third largest organization in the world decides to change? We'll see in a few months. Today starts the countdown ... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/06/actuarial-standards.html Not Running a Hospital: Actuarial standards Rob Weisman in the Boston Globe today reports that MA insurance companies are again proposing increases in small business and individual p... not running a hospitalactuarialstandards https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/04/second-thoughts-on-transparency-in.html?showComment=1303073661737 Not Running a Hospital: Second thoughts on transparency in Ontario and Denmark Barb Farlow, a patient advocate in Ontario, mentions a debate going on in that province. Here is an excerpt from a legal blog called Legal ... not running a hospitalsecond thoughts https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/01/do-i-get-paid-too-much.html?showComment=1208557980000 Not Running a Hospital: Do I get paid too much? Every year, the Boston Globe publishes a story listing the total compensation received by the CEOs of the major Boston hospitals. The stor... not running a hospitalget paidmuch https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2016/01/nominative-determinism.html?showComment=1453756570900 Not Running a Hospital: Nominative determinism Upon seeing this photo from the town of Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, that I posted on Facebook, our friend Geoffrey Irvin posited that it appe... not running a hospitalnominativedeterminism https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2011/04/new-ceo-blogger.html Not Running a Hospital: New CEO blogger A hearty welcome to the blogging world to Barry Ronan, President and CEO of Western Maryland Health System in Cumberland, Maryland. This is... not running a hospitalnew ceoblogger https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/08/what-i-didnt-see-in-iceland.html Not Running a Hospital: What I didn't see in Iceland Missed this on my recent trip to Iceland. From my friend Jacob , dressed in orange. He explains: A blue whale died and washed ashore. We ... not running a hospital https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/06/we-want-to-listen-are-we-good-at-it.html Not Running a Hospital: We want to listen. Are we good at it? Although we are always listed among the "most wired" hospitals in America, with lots of clinical applications for both providers and patient... not running a hospitalwe want https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/12/not-really-victory.html?showComment=1418834347769 Not Running a Hospital: Not really a victory Quincy city officials and the Attorney General are likely to claim victory in getting Steward Healthcare System to agree to open a "satelli... not running a hospitalreallyvictory https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/03/still-missing-boat.html?showComment=1269519647560 Not Running a Hospital: Still missing the boat Many of my readers know of and admire Jim Conway, former COO of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and more recently a senior associate at th... not running a hospitalstill missingboat https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/12/wrong-sites-wrong-costs.html Not Running a Hospital: Wrong sites, wrong costs I heard an excellent presentation by David Morales, Commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, a few week... not running a hospitalwrongsitescosts https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2012/12/who-needs-waiting-room-part-3.html Not Running a Hospital: Who needs a waiting room? (Part 3) In a post below , I report on Dr. Sami Bahri's use of Lean principles to improve patient flow in his clinic. In their comments, Sami and o... not running a hospitalwaiting roomneedspart https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/02/in-pursuit-of-patient-privacy.html?showComment=1170605100000 Not Running a Hospital: In Pursuit of Patient Privacy Some of you already know this. Apologies to you. Others may not. Have you ever noticed that a hospital will not offer comments to newspapers... not running a hospitalpursuitpatientprivacy https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2015/07/human-factors-and-ehrs.html?showComment=1438039798742 Not Running a Hospital: Human factors and EHRs Perhaps you don't want discouraging news about electronic health records. If that's the case, browse on to another site. However, the auth... not running a hospitalhuman factorsehrs https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2008/09/too-cynical.html Not Running a Hospital: Too cynical? Political prognostication is a risky business, but here is one that might be elegant and accurate. As the country prepares for a new Preside... not running a hospitalcynical https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2009/11/out-of-line.html Not Running a Hospital: Out of line Depending on your point of view, competition is either the strong point or the underside of Boston's spectacular collection of hospitals and... not running a hospitalout ofline https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/04/falls.html Not Running a Hospital: Falls Hospitals do all they can to avoid patient falls. Falls can lead to minor cuts and bruises, but they can also cause serious injuries. It is... not running a hospitalfalls https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2012/02/ Not Running a Hospital: February 2012 This is a blog by a former CEO of a large Boston hospital to share thoughts about negotiation theory and practice, leadership training and mentoring, and... not running a hospitalfebruary https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/12/im-gonna-scream.html?showComment=1293233915949 Not Running a Hospital: I'm gonna scream! The New York Times offers this summary of words that were introduced or popular during 2010. I'd like to give my candidate: Gonna . As i... not running a hospitalgonnascream https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2007/10/when-good-teams-go-wrong.html?showComment=1191982260000 Not Running a Hospital: When good teams go wrong Several years ago, I published an article in the Harvard Business Review entitled, The Nut Island Effect, When Good Teams Go Wrong . Here i... not running a hospitalgoodteamswrong https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2010/05/is-your-organization-too-flat.html Not Running a Hospital: Is your organization too flat? My friends and colleagues Jeff Stamps and Jessica Lipnack have made an art and science of studying complex organizations. Their particular... not running a hospitalyour organizationflat https://runningahospital.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-chicago-tribune-reports-on.html?showComment=1393077994955 Not Running a Hospital: The Chicago Tribune reports on the University of Illinois Karisa King and Jodi Cohen at the Chicago Tribune have published an excellent story about how some doctors and admininstrators decided ... not running a hospitalthe chicago tribune