by Allan Katz | Aug 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
(From Health Affairs) How is it that we never read about “game changing” investments to minimize Adverse Childhood Experiences #ACE? Wouldn’t they always be classified as the best return on investment that we could ever make #ROI? (Health Affairs)...
by Allan Katz | Aug 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to AHA Quest for Quality Prize Honoree WellSpan Health who paid $3,600 for interpreters to contact Spanish-speaking patients who had delayed screenings. They found seven new #breastcancer cases – saving an estimated $600,000. #languagematters...
by Allan Katz | Aug 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Going out on a limb with this potentially controversial comment. I am “speaking up” not “calling anyone out”. I am not a clinician, but why couldn’t Mr. King have the UTI diagnosed with point-of-care-testing followed up with home IV...
by Allan Katz | Aug 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
(CBC) Amplifying this video on the three-site North Shore Health Network (Lake Huron, Ontario). An excellent piece depicting the #clinical #HR, #fiscal and #operational challenges faced by all #rural and #northern healthcare facilities across #Canada. This is a must...
by Allan Katz | Aug 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
(CHQPR) 703 #rural US hospitals are at risk of closure: more than half are at immediate risk. Typically, Canada has about 10% of what is going on in the US. So that would be about 70 #ruralhospitals in Canada with about 35 at immediate risk. Given regular news reports...
