Accountable Care Organizations (ACO), according to NPR, takes “up only seven pages of the massive new health law” yet has become one hot topic in healthcare circles. What are ACOs and what implications do they have on the community? Well…
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In a recent article in the Atlantic on why our “best and brightest” end up in Silicon Valley and not Washington, D.C., the author describes a shift where historically the “up and coming” would enter politics to make a difference,…
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There is power in a name. There is power in branding that name. There is power in recognition. When we started Occupy Healthcare, we did so because we wanted to bring attention to so many of the issues plaguing us…
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My older brother got all of the drawing talent. I remember watching him – when I wasn’t being shooed out of his room – occasionally glance down at his Topps football card of Lynn Swann and gradually turn a blank…
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Look around you. When was the last time you recognize something innovative in healthcare? The Harvard Business Review has an entire section of posts looking at innovation in healthcare. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has an Innovations…
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There is no doubt of the importance of primary care in healthcare. As the graph above shows, primary care is the largest platform of healthcare delivery in the country. This fact was not lost on those who were instrumental in…
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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…
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Almost everyone has heard the story – the blind men and the elephant. If you haven’t you can read it here. In our occupy healthcare version, the blind men are insurance companies, healthcare providers, and patients. Healthcare is the elephant.…
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In my last post, I wrote about the importance of occupying an array of fields that impact our country’s health. Lest this task seem too daunting to be accomplished, I thought I’d take a moment to highlight some success stories…
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Meeting the healthcare needs of the community often requires innovation and creativity. Take for example the barbershop in Harlem that serves double duty as a health clinic. Or, what about when school based health clinics start serving the surrounding community…
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