Category Archives: Health care

Simple Solutions That Work

Posted on March 13, 2007 by John Hunter

Nurse, the maggots [the broken link was removed] Maggots clean wounds 18 times faster than normal treatments, can conquer MRSA and would save the NHS millions. … Recent studies have indicated that maggot therapy can cut treatment duration from 89 … Continue reading →

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Change Health Care

Posted on March 8, 2007 by John Hunter

How Toyota Can Save Your Life…at the hospital by Mark Graban, another great manifesto from Change This:

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Hospital Reform – IHI on CBS

Posted on February 9, 2007 by John Hunter

via: Safety and Quality In Health Care and Construction [the broken link was removed], One Doctor’s Crusade For Hospital Reform: Berwick estimates that for every 100 patients admitted to hospitals, there are 40 to 50 incidents in which patients are … Continue reading →

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5 Million Lives Campaign

Posted on January 30, 2007 by John Hunter

IHI has created the 5 Million Lives Campaign [the broken link was removed] in the wake of the successful saving 100,000 lives campaign. Despite the extraordinary hard work and best intentions of caregivers, thousands of patients are harmed in US … Continue reading →

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UK National Health System Management

Posted on January 15, 2007 by John Hunter

Another article on the UK national health system using lean thinking: In the drive to save the NHS, I’m choosing a Toyota by Simon Caulkin: So the lessons of Toyota come out rather differently from what you might expect. Large … Continue reading →

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In-house Health Clinics

Posted on January 14, 2007 by John Hunter

Big Companies Turning To In-house Health Clinics (article removed – poor usability – so link removed) Today a new wave of clinics is opening, driven largely by a motive that was less of a factor in the past: employers’ desires … Continue reading →

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USA Healthcare Costs Now 16% of GDP

Posted on January 10, 2007 by John Hunter

U.S. Health Spending Estimates [the broken link was removed]: Health care spending growth in the United States slowed for the third consecutive year in 2005, increasing 6.9 percent compared to 7.2 percent growth in 2004 and 8.1 percent in 2003, … Continue reading →

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Epidemic of Diagnoses

Posted on January 3, 2007 by John Hunter

What’s Making Us Sick Is an Epidemic of Diagnoses by Dr. Welch, Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Woloshin: For most Americans, the biggest health threat is not avian flu, West Nile or mad cow disease. It’s our health-care system. True, and … Continue reading →

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Starbucks: Respect for Workers and Health Care

Posted on December 16, 2006 by John Hunter

Starbucks Corp. CEO Howard Schultz interview on Marketplace [the broken link was removed] I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I guess it’s been well documented, many times, in federally subsidized housing known as the projects. My dad never made … Continue reading →

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Information Quality In Health Care

Posted on November 11, 2006 by John Hunter

The Life and Death Results of Information Quality by Doug Johnson: I believe poor information and the inability to make medical decisions with correct, complete and timely information kills more people than any single disease in the United States. In … Continue reading →

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