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MelissaSchober The op-ed that Cooper references below, by Paul O'Neill, if a great example of an opportunity to save money and do good. Re-hospitalization are a HUGE money suck -- I'm with O'Neill that we need better transparency/reporting of medical erros and hospital infections. When I went to California for the first time, I was amazed to see health dept letter grades posted at restaurants. I mean, restaurants! They should be posted in doctors' office and hospital admitting too! Re: Krugman. He has better inside info than I do. CBO scoring is complicated but Senate HELP is managing. Ezra Klein over at Wash Post actually posted a PDF of the CBO document.... I'll look for it.
over 2 years ago - Comment
Emily Incredible that we can know how clean restaurant kitchens are and not how well hospitals are taking care of their patients. In an ideal world, I would think the hospitals would want the information so they could learn how to improve.
over 2 years ago
drval Paul Levy has done great work in making his hospital quality data fully transparent. (It's on his website.) Sadly, other hospitals in Boston are not following suit yet.
over 2 years ago
drval Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, and Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston are two leaders that come to mind. I just finished filming an interview with Paul Levy (CEO of BIDMC) about hospital safety and what patients can do to protect themselves. Should be up on YouTube shortly. :)
over 2 years ago
Emily DrVal, as soon as your interview is up, please post it here!!! I would LOVE to see it!!!!!
over 2 years ago