Nostradamus in the OR (Insights from Eugene Litvak at IHI)

I started off this year’s National Forum on Quality Improvement Sunday afternoon listening to health care systems guru Eugene Litvak preach the gospel of managing variability in the operating room. Litvak, a professor of operations management at Boston University’s Health Policy Institut... [MORE]

Thu, Aug 27 2009 9:47 PM EST

HITECH: Harmony or Cacophony? Start Your HIT Resource Planning Now.

I'm a huge music fan. I find American Recovery and Reinvestment Act's (ARRA) Healthcare Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) has simultaneous rudiments of harmony and elements of cacophony. I think the ultimate goal is like striking a beautiful musical chord a... [MORE]