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Docs overpaid millions in Medicare bonuses
Physicians in Texas have been overpaid tens of millions of dollars in bonuses by the Medicare program, even though both parties knew they weren't entitled to the money, reported The Houston
Can physician coaching improve care, bottom lines?
Atul Gawande is one of the most prominent healthcare journalists in the United States. He's a staff writer with The New Yorker magazine who also happens to be a Rhodes scholar and a Harvard-trained
Patient safety checklists mandated by state law
Patient safety checklists are now state law, as Nevada signed the Patient Protection Checklist bill (AB 280) into legislation yesterday. More recently spearheaded by advocate Atul Gawande, MD, author
Taking the high road to the emergency room
When does Atul Gawande sleep? In addition to serving as a general surgeon on the staff of Brigham & Women's Hospital, he is also the premier healthcare business reporter in the nation. Gawande
Patient advocates often connect in ways doctors can't
It might sound bizarre, or at least counter-intuitive, but, some of the best patient advocates might not be doctors or nurses. In fact, they may have no clinical experience at all. That's what Atul
Giving 'super-utilizers' more care can lower medical costs
Is it possible to lower medical costs by giving complex patients better care? That's what Dr. Atul Gawande set out to learn in a recent article published in the New Yorker. Anecdotal evidence
SPOTLIGHT: Health Affairs study contradicts cost conclusions for McAllen, Texas
A controversial article that claimed physicians in McAllen, Texas, were overtreating patients that appeared in the New Yorker last year has been partly refuted by a new study in Health Affairs. The
Study: Blame Medicare, not insurers for high health spending
Health spending continues to be a concern in America, with projections as high as $4.5 trillion by 2019 . In looking for someone to blame, however, a new study published today in the journal Health
Live for today: Atul Gawande makes the case for hospice care
In what could turn out to be a seminal article that helps raise demand for hospice care and helps the terminally ill consider a more thoughtful approach to the art of dying , Brigham and Women's
Study: Early literature on PDA effectiveness in hospitals is inconclusive
It's fair to say a good many hospital-based users of mobile devices believe handheld gadgets truly do improve workflow and likely have a positive impact on patient safety. But the scientific
