“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.” This famous quotation from hockey great Wayne Gretzky explained how he scored so…
As someone who professionally closely tracks the debate over the transformation of the American health care clinical delivery system, I did not learn much new from the…
The 21st century challenge for the American health care delivery system is to deliver higher quality care for less money. Republican and Democratic experts agree that payment reform…
My regular readers know how important I think behavioral economics will become in the field of health care. The best place to start thinking about applications of…
One of the most inspiring athletes of the 2012 London Olympics is American swimmer Dana Vollmer who won the gold medal in the 100 meter butterfly by…
You Will Have to Move a LotI went to medical school in Cleveland and did my pathology residency in San Francisco at UCSF. I was on the…
In September 2012, the Joint Commission recognized 620 hospitals (about 18% of the total number of accredited American hospitals) as “top performers,” but many were surprised…
First posted on Kent Bottles Private Views on 7/30/2012 First posted on Kent Bottles Private Views on 7/30/2012Like many in the United States, I was surprised when…
First posted on Kent Bottles’ Private View on 7/29/2012 First posted on Kent Bottles’ Private View on 7/29/2012 I was surprised when the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics in…
I think I know why Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. surprised us all by siding with the liberals on the Supreme Court (SCOTUS) to largely…
