by Steve Berkowitz | Oct 6, 2016 | Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration
We have certainly had our fill of evidence-based guidelines driven into us over the years. And slowly but surely, physicians and health care institutions are adopting best practices that are truly improving care. We are all becoming more “evidence-based”...
by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 27, 2016 | The Future of Administration
We have learned a lot about the how but preciously little about the why. ..So we may “fix” the numbers, but maybe not the disease I was recently reminiscing with one of my medical colleagues. Together we have had over 60 years in the medical profession (I...
by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 19, 2016 | Pain Management
Eliminating pain as a fifth vital sign? What a cop-out ! Lately I am sure that all of you have seen the recommendations to the AMA and other organizations to eliminate pain as a fifth vital sign and furthermore eliminate pain scores from Pay for Performance...
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 | Aug 3, 2016 | The Future of Administration
I took a much needed three month vacation from my weekly health care blogs. I was starting to develop writer’s block. I could not be inspired to write something new even though health care is changing faster than ever before and providing more material on which...
