by Steve Berkowitz | Jun 15, 2015 | General, Quality
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” I remember hearing that many times as a child. I also remember the old oil filter commercials “pay me now or pay me later”. Prevention by definition seems to be a good thing to do. CMS and the...
by Steve Berkowitz | May 26, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership
Very early on in my career I was taught that there is both a science of medicine and an art of medicine. The science of medicine is relatively straight forward. It involves the ability to do a comprehensive history and physical exam, develop a differential diagnosis,...
by Steve Berkowitz | May 11, 2015 | Current Events, General, Health care reform, Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration
Physician Splitting between Hospitals…. Hedge or good business? I was visiting with a hospital CEO in Alabama last week and we were talking about the apparent large volume of independent physicians that admit to both his hospital and to the competing facility....
by Steve Berkowitz | Apr 8, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration
Toward a safer Emergency Department Environment It’s About Time Our hospital Emergency Departments are busier and more chaotic than ever, and that trend will only continue. In addition to the rise in medical patients, as mental health funding continues to be...
by Steve Berkowitz | Mar 23, 2015 | General, The Future of Administration, Transparency
Earlier in the week I read an article that said the city of Houston has now become a major medical tourism destination and will be getting 20,000 patients from abroad in the next year. Most of these patients come from Mexico and Saudi Arabia and most will be receiving...
by Steve Berkowitz | Mar 9, 2015 | General
How well is my hospital performing? It depends upon whom you ask. ….But we are still missing the point. There was an article in this month’s Health Affairs that looked at something that should have been addressed a long time ago: The authors compared...