Category Archives: Journal Club

In a recent Health Leaders article, an observation was made that more and more physicians are becoming employees of health systems. Physicians who are employees of health systems like the safety, regular hours and lack of day-to-day business responsibility. At … Continue reading →

Paul Levy ex-CEO from Beth Israel/Deaconess, in one of his November blogs Running A Hospital, describes a friend’s complaint, in an infection control meeting, about how to improve the dismal hand washing compliance in his hospital. He simply thought that … Continue reading →

This information appeared in the Wall Street Journal in October of this year. It is certainly worth repeating. The points made are vital to building effective business networks and are usually overlooked in physician education concerning the business aspects of … Continue reading →

Health Leaders Media                        Nov 16, 2011 Where does this happen at your hospital?  Several physicians performing spinal surgery at Deaconess Hospital in Boston got together and decided to save some money.  The chief noted a significant degree of intra-operative … Continue reading →

According to a survey conducted by Brenda Sirovich and her colleagues from the Veteran’s Administration Outcomes Group in Vermont and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice in New Hampshire, Forty-two percent of US physicians feel that their … Continue reading →