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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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