Do you have the right stuff?

Have you got the right stuff?

A CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS H. LEE, MD Physicians and Provider Organizers Should Ease Suffering, Invite Feedback.

I’m curious about the genesis of the book. What prompted you to write it? You’ve known me in a variety of different contexts*, and this book actually was my attempt to tie it all together—all the things that I think, worry, talk, and write about related to making the health care system work. How does the marketplace work? How do we make sure the marketplace is competing on the right things? Tha...

COS 522: Assumed Knowledge

This document includes some mathematical notions I will assume. Most of these are taught in a discrete math class, and in any case are not complicated and easy to pick up. You can read it at your own pace — it will take a few weeks until we’ll get to use all of this stuff. You do not have to do the exercises, and in any case don’t need to submit them. If you feel you’d like more clarifications ...

درآمدی بر مبنای مکان یابی و طراحی بیمارستان ها

Background: The hospital is an important element in the new public health. The health in the populations requires access to the medical and hospital services as well as preventive care and a healthy environment. This study attempts to review the important factors to be considered in the hospital sites selected and design in the urban, regional and country levels. Finally, suggestions have exhib...

It Ain’t What You Do (But the Way That You Do It): Will Safety II Transform the Way We Do Patient Safety; Comment on “False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice”

Mannion and Braithwaite outline a new paradigm for studying and improving patient safety – Safety II. In this response, I argue that Safety I should not be dismissed simply because the safety management strategies that are developed and enacted in the name of Safety I are not always true to the original philosophy of ‘systems thinking.’