From Worst to First: The SouthCentral Foundation Healthcare System
Today the Alaska Native Healthcare system called SouthCentral Foundation will receive its second Malcom Baldrige Award for healthcare. From worst to first!
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Difficult Patients
Do “disruptive” patients get worse care? A new study from the British Medical Journal Tends to show this. It points to the need for better relationship between patients and physicians.
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Why I Get My Healthcare in Alaska Not Boston
Would you choose to have your healthcare at Mass General (top hospital) or in Alaska? Here is why I chose Alaska – and always will.
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Weight Loss Surgery: Not a Risk for Self Harm
The recent study about weight loss surgery patients having increased risk of self-harm is interesting but misses the point. There is no increased risk of self-harm after weight loss surgery than there is for those prescribed anti-depressants.
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Six Million People Keep Their Insurance
Keeping Obama-Care is the first step – but far from the only step. Some market-types are correct, here are some solutions for better healthcare for all.
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Curing Health Care
Curing health care in America is more than providing coverage for all, or increasing numbers of doctors- it is curing the entire system. Southcentral Foundation’s Nuka system of care has done this.
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