by Steve Berkowitz | Jun 29, 2015 | Current Events, General, Health care reform, The Future of Administration
One of the true blessings of a consulting life is the ability to personally visit and experience many different medical hospitals and physician groups. Since leaving my CMO job about four years ago, I have had the opportunity to visit all 50 states at least twice. I...
by Steve Berkowitz | May 18, 2015 | Pain Management, Q&A, The Future of Administration
Accountable Care Units in Hospitals A concept to increase performance and efficiency During the course of my career one of the things that I had to give up was inpatient care. But in the mid-eighties, I was a hospitalist before we even had that name. I remember...
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 2, 2015 | General, Health care reform, The Future of Administration
The Future of “Tele-Health”: Part 2 The Effect on Local Healthcare I have written several articles on the evolving technology of tele-health and how it will change the very practice of medicine. Tele-medicine may actually have more effect on local...
