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The role of relationship building in creating change

Posted on January 23, 2012 by pursuitofPH — 1 Comment ↓

I came across this post by Craig Lefebvre last year, blogged about it at the time, and have since printed out his list and put it up by my desk – it so eloquently captures what I think should be some of…

Tagged with: change, health, healthcare, occupy healthcare, relationships
Posted in healthcare, Innovation

No more “partialty” care in healthcare: Fighting fragmentation at the clinical level

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Ben Miller — No Comments ↓

We are rerunning this post as more and more news events are drawing the attention to healthcare costs. Let us know what you think. The current healthcare system is inherently fragmented with all the various pieces vying for attention. The…

Tagged with: change, health, healthcare, policy
Posted in healthcare, Innovation

New Year’s Resolutions to Occupy Health

Posted on December 30, 2011 by crgonzalez — No Comments ↓

We are all familiar with the well-worn pattern of making New Year’s resolutions only to abandon them a few weeks out of the gate. What if we decided to re-set the clock on our resolutions once a month and in…

Tagged with: health, health behavior, healthcare
Posted in Health behavior, healthcare

How well do you know Grand Junction, Colorado?

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Ben Miller — 1 Comment ↓

Grand Junction, Colorado has important lessons to teach the country about healthcare. These lessons have very real and practical implications for any redesign of healthcare. In fact, some may say that many of the answers to the unanswerable question of…

Tagged with: change, Colorado, health, healthcare, innovation, insurance
Posted in healthcare, medical education, public health, Social Determinents of Health

How big a problem is healthcare?

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Ben Miller — 1 Comment ↓

A recent write up in California Healthline speaks to the amount of waste in the healthcare system and how this is a significant driver of cost. They suggest that: “1) Our health system is wasteful. 2) We must do more…

Tagged with: change, cost, health, healthcare, policy
Posted in healthcare

Healthcare and bankruptcy: Gimme shelter

Posted on November 13, 2011 by crgonzalez — 2 Comments ↓

The facts are brutal and show a direct tie between the impact of medical expenses on American families trying to keep a roof over their heads. According to the New York Times in 2009, 2 out of every 3 bankruptcies…

Tagged with: community, health, healthcare
Posted in Community, healthcare, Innovation, public health

Your role in healthcare

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Ben Miller — 3 Comments ↓

What role should the individual have in their own health and healthcare? If we operate under the assumption that healthcare is not meeting our needs, then who is really to blame? It seems that there is often a balance between…

Tagged with: health, health behavior, healthcare system, primary care
Posted in Health behavior, healthcare