by Steve Berkowitz | Nov 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
I wrote this blog earlier in the year, but have found this piece to again be relevant. Enjoy! ————————————— Almost every chief medical officer (CMO) that I work with in my advisory...
by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 11, 2017 | Quality, Uncategorized
And “Indicators for Indicators” Now that we are approaching the fall, many of us are looking forward to next year’s budget, strategic plan, and either updating or enhancing the quality dashboard. Additionally, this time of year, there are new Board members and...
by Steve Berkowitz | Feb 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
An unanticipated encounter between the Chief Medical Officer and a Physician Board Member Recently, a chief Medical Officer (CMO) of a large hospital told me about his Board having to resolve a conflict between the hospital CEO and some of the medical staff. ...
by Steve Berkowitz | Dec 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Health Care Cost– the silent, dangerous blood pressure equivalent of the Industry I remember the one of the first things we were taught in psychiatry was the adage: “The patient will not change until the pain of staying the same exceeds the pain of changing”....
by Steve Berkowitz | Aug 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
The wearing of surgical scrubs has become part of the hospital culture. Initially intended to reduce the risk of infection and contamination in the operating room environment, their use has expanded far beyond that. Everywhere one goes in the hospital and the...
by Steve Berkowitz | Mar 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
With all the pre-convention rhetoric on both sides of the aisle, the topic of health care reform for now has temporarily taken a back seat to terrorism and other issues. But the ultimate fate of the Affordable Care Act and American health care in general will come...
