by Steve Berkowitz | Feb 18, 2016 | Health care reform, Physician Leadership, Quality
It has long been known that incentives drive behavior. One of the biggest game changers in health care today is the sharp increase in consumer health care deductibles. This has been largely driven by health care costs increasing at a rate higher than can be...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jan 11, 2016 | Health care reform, Transparency
“Some look at things that are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were and ask why not?”? George Bernard Shaw Health care costs are out of control. Health care will soon comprise 20% of the GNP and although there have been some signs of...
by Steve Berkowitz | Dec 1, 2015 | Health care reform, Quality
Over a year ago, during the height of the Ebola scare, I blogged that the “bugs are still winning”. We made it through that one, and learned a great deal to make our hospitals safer in the process, but today I stand even stronger with what I said back...
by Steve Berkowitz | Oct 29, 2015 | General, Health care reform, Heart Disease, The Future of Administration
The thought of another medical accreditation typically brings a chorus of groans from the caregivers, administrative team and the hospital staff. One immediately conjures up visions of the Joint Commission coming in unexpectedly and the huge hassles and...
by Steve Berkowitz | Oct 19, 2015 | Health care reform, Heart Disease, The Future of Administration
Early in my practice a patient came in to see me for a routine physical. “I feel great, doc. I just need a physical and this form filled out.”. On exam, everything was completely normal except for a blood pressure of 180/100. “You are not...
by Steve Berkowitz | Aug 3, 2015 | Current Events, Health care reform, The Future of Administration, Uncategorized
Could Telemedicine keep patients healthier? Four ways visiting a physician could be inadvertently dangerous to a patient’s health As I review the inevitable progress of telemedicine, and how it will ultimately effect whether the patient will actually see the...
