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• A Shout Out to Adam Singer, Physician Entrepreneur of the Year

  Modern Physician just named Adam Singer, the founder of IPC-The Hospitalist Company, its first annual Physician Entrepreneur of the Year. Adam and I don’t always see eye to eye, but I want to congratulate him and highlight some of his contributions.When Read More... Posted Tue, Oct 07 2008 7:39 AM by Bob Wachter | 9 Comments Filed under: Hospital Care, Hospitalists/Hospital Medicine, Information Technology, Industry/Pharma, Media/Press Coverage

• Should Patient Satisfaction Scores Be Adjusted for Where Patients Shop?

  Last week, Medicare added patient satisfaction data to its hospital reporting website. This is progress, but it raises an interesting question: should patient satisfaction scores be case-mix adjusted? The motivation to include patient satisfaction data Read More... Posted Sun, Apr 13 2008 4:03 AM by Bob Wachter | 1 Comments Filed under: Hospital Care, Pay-for-performance, Transparency and Reporting, Quality Measurement, Hospitalists/Hospital Medicine, Information Technology, Health Policy, Media/Press Coverage

• A Nordstrom To-Do List: Tie, Slacks, a Little V. Tach?

  Great quote by USC cardiologist Leslie Saxon (a reporter reached her on her cell phone as Leslie was shopping) on this week’s NEJM study on delayed defibrillation: “You’re better off having your arrest [here] at Nordstrom [than in a hospital]… because Read More... Posted Mon, Jan 07 2008 4:09 AM by Bob Wachter | 0 Comments Filed under: Quality Improvement, Hospital Care, Medical Education/Academia, Hospitalists/Hospital Medicine, Information Technology, Patient Safety/Medical Errors, Industry/Pharma, Nurses/Nursing, Media/Press Coverage