Healthcare Quality: Lessons Learned from Large-Scale Lean
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD, MHA, MBA
3y ago
An article by Menachemi et al. entitled “Implementation of Lean in a Health System: Lessons Learned from a Meta-Analysis of Rapid Improvement Events, 2013–2017” published in the Journal of Healthcare Management (Menachemi, Tinsley, Johnston, & Schulhof, 2020) explores the outcomes … Read More ..read more
Visit website
How Hospitals Should Navigate the Capital Disadvantage Created by COVID-19
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD, MHA, MBA
3y ago
An article by Jason Sussman, CPA entitled “Capital Allocation in the Wake of COVID-19: Fundamentals Still Apply” published in the Journal of Healthcare Management (Sussman, 2020) explores how the emergence of COVID-19 earlier this year caused a reduction in elective … Read More ..read more
Visit website
Outliers: Lessons from Uncommon Leaders
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
3y ago
A book by Malcolm Gladwell entitled “Outliers: The Story of Success” (Gladwell, 2008) explores the concept of outliers, which are exceptional things, and sometimes people, that exist outside of what is typically regarded as “the norm.” When applied to humans, … Read More ..read more
Visit website
Merger Boon or Bane: Do Hospital Mergers Generate Healthcare Value?
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
3y ago
An article by Attebery et al. entitled “Better Together? An Examination of the Relationship Between Acute Care Hospital Mergers and Patient Experience” published in the Journal of Healthcare Management (Attebery, Hearld, Carroll, Szychowski, & Weech-Maldonado, 2020) explores the effects of … Read More ..read more
Visit website
COVID-19 Pandemic: The Healthcare-Related Laws Which Flatten and Curb the Impact
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
4y ago
COVID-19, or Coronavirus disease 2019, is a communicable respiratory infection caused by a novel coronavirus, called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is closely related to the SARS virus faced during the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak (Coronaviridae Study Group … Read More ..read more
Visit website
Healthy Mom, Plus Healthy Baby Equals a Fighting Chance at a Vibrant and Productive Life
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
4y ago
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia accounted for 86% (approximately 254,000) of the 295,000 women across the world who died during and following pregnancy and childbirth in 2017. Ninety-four percent (94%) of these deaths … Read More ..read more
Visit website
Kaoru Ishikawa, The Fishbone Cause-and-Effect Diagram, and Benefits to Healthcare
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
4y ago
In order to advance a healthcare organization’s level of quality, the entire healthcare staff must “buy in” to continual quality improvement and be on equal footing regarding industry-standard healthcare quality competencies. From a healthcare management perspective, this begins with training … Read More ..read more
Visit website
W. Edwards Deming, Total Quality Management, and Healthcare Applications
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
4y ago
Like any other service offered to a market to satisfy the needs and wants of the consumer, healthcare may be perceived as a product (Kotler & Armstrong, 2007). If healthcare organizations want their product to stand out from the competition, … Read More ..read more
Visit website
“Open the Pod Bay Doors”: Baylor Global Health and The Emergency Medical SmartPod™
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
4y ago
The first outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in recorded history occurred in the Sudan between June and November 1976. This outbreak resulted in 284 cases and carried a 53% mortality rate (“Ebola haemorrhagic fever in Sudan, 1976. Report of … Read More ..read more
Visit website
Avedis Donabedian and The Birth of Healthcare Quality Assurance
Healthcare Market Review
by Brodus Franklin, MD
4y ago
One of the most prominent issues in healthcare management today is healthcare quality. The Institute of Medicine (IOM), which was renamed as the U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2015, defines healthcare quality as “the degree to which health … Read More ..read more
Visit website

Follow Healthcare Market Review on FeedSpot

Continue with Google
Continue with Apple
OR