Healthcare is joining the network economy.
Let’s adapt strategy and business models for
success during the upcoming transformation.
by David C. Kibbe, MD MBA Like the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) 2001 counterpart report, "Crossing the Quality Chasm," a new report from the National Research Council of the National Academies is complex, full of new ideas assembled from multiple disciplines, and is likely to have seminal importance in framing public policy from now on [...]
by Vince Kuraitis and David C. Kibbe MD, MBA Being big fans of Clay Christensen and his theory of disruptive innovation (DI), we have been awaiting his just-released book The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Healthcare . The book is co-authored by Dr. Jerome Grossman and Dr. Jason Hwang. We have mixed reactions. The [...]
By David C. Kibbe, MD MBA and Brian Klepper, PhD It seems likely that the Obama administration and Congress will spend a significant amount on health IT by attaching it as a first-order priority to the fiscal stimulus package. We take the President-elect at his word when he recently said: "…we must also ensure that [...]
This wonderful project is written up in today’s Boston Globe . Happy Thanksgiving all! Vince by Alexandra Drane and the Engage With Grace team We make choices throughout our lives – where we want to live, what types of activities will fill our days, with whom we spend our time. These choices are often a balance [...]
by David C. Kibbe, MD MBA The basic premise of the medical home concept is continuous, uninterrupted care that is managed and coordinated by a personal provider with the right tools that will lead to better health outcomes. In 2007, the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Physicians, and [...]
By Vince Kuraitis and David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Goldilocks. Like most Americans, Goldilocks had concerns about achieving just the right amount of data liquidity for her personal health information (PHI). Until today Goldilocks felt between a rock and a hard place: "I want my [...]
David C. Kibbe, MD, MBA and Vince Kuraitis Drs. Mandl and Kohane begin their recent article in NEJM with the statement that “large corporations are seeking an integral and transformative role in the management of health care information,” and then warn that this “will profoundly affect the biomedical research enterprise.” At issue for the authors [...]
by Jill Kuraitis Vince gave me Dorothy’s story to read, and here’s what I said: GO DOROTHY! ::::goofy little happy dance::: Dorothy is my new hero. I love people who are willing to go to the mat for a cause, especially one having to do with the elderly, children, the disabled and less fortunate than [...]
Vince Kuraitis and David C. Kibbe, MD MBA The Internet and digital technologies have transformed many aspects of our lives over the past twenty years. We can get cash at ATMs all over the world; we can book our own airline reservations; we can shop and get best prices over the Internet. Why hasn’t this [...]
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