For thousands of U.S. medical students, March 16 is the day they will find out where their next steps will be in their pursuit of saving lives. These new clinical leaders are entering a quickly transforming world. Big data and artificial intelligence are on the cusp of accelerating scientific advancement. Society has ambitious expectations that the...
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By Dr. Susan Turney, Chief Executive Officer, Marshfield Clinic Health System The U.S. healthcare economy is beginning an incredible transformation. If it continues at the current pace, in a few years from now we may hardly recognize the way healthcare is measured, billed and paid. Incentives will be better aligned, costs will be lower and ca...
Originally posted on the Morning Consult. The federal government rates Medicare Advantage plans using a star system that evaluates clinical quality, patient satisfaction and regulatory compliance. This star rating system is designed to help America's seniors evaluate the quality of their health care options. And it has successfully incentivized hea...
Originally posted on Modern Healthcare. Amazon, Berkshire-Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase created shock waves in January when they announced plans to launch their own healthcare company. On March 8, they generated even more buzz when news spread that a search was underway for a CEO to lead the joint venture. Unfortunately, not all news is good n...
Eleven years ago, I remember being a junior faculty member attending the first "Quality Fair" at the University of Chicago, and presenting my work among roughly 20 posters on how to measure quality for hospitalized older patients. While I am proud to say this poster actually won an award, I am also embarrassed to say that I did not improve anything...
Recently, Modern Healthcare published its list of the 50 most influential physician executives and leaders. The list included only seven women. There were seven in 2016, nine in 2015, and eight in 2014. Women comprise less than 10 percent of that list. As you will see, the math does not add up.Women make up more than 50 percent of physicians in tra...