A Learning Process The Endocrine Society’s leadership wanted to participate in the Choosing Wisely program in order to help endocrinologists engage patients in important discussions…
A Quest to Deliver High Value Care “Choosing Wisely encourages physicians and patients to question the routine use of tests and treatments that are unlikely…
Conversation Needed “The most important goal of Choosing Wisely is to provide evidence-based suggestions that can help improve our patients’ healthcare quality,” says Reid Blackwelder,…
Take a Step Back Choosing Wisely is about practicing quality medicine, not merely pointing out tests and procedures that don’t change outcomes or clinical management,…
Choosing Wisely campaign encourages doctors to have frank discussions with patients about what tests and procedures they really need – and those they don’t. Daniel…
Click Here to Read the August issue (w link to PDF download) 10 People to Watch David Chaudier Ron Collins Teresa Dail Gary Fennessy…
Authors argue for a coming-together of healthcare and public health By Mark Thill The U.S. healthcare system has often been described as a “sick care…
Hospital and IDNs are seeing more benefits in affiliations and collaborations By William Foltz, analyst for the Major Accounts Exchange (MAX) As health systems face…
The government reviews competition By Curtis Rooney Well-known trustbuster, Columbia law school dropout, and 26th President of the United States Teddy Roosevelt would have looked…
Providence Health and Services, Sanford Health and Yale New Haven Health System received the President’s Award of Honor during VHA’s Navigating to Excellence Forum this…