You correspondent has been tooling around the city lately asking a lot of questions. Three recent Q&A column in Health Leaders with Boston, Brookline and Cambridge, Mass. links.
Also, the staff at the Brigham had a few questions when a VIP guest make some special requests. Check out the story from the Sunday Globe
When state investigators interviewed an employee identified as “nurse director #1’’ in the report, she said the patient interpreted the use of protective gowns as an indication they thought he was “dirty’’ and asked that staff not wear them. A physician told inspectors that he visited the patient five to seven times a week and did not wear protective gear because the patient “found it offensive.’’ And the hospital had no infection control policies in place for the patient’s personal staff, it told the state.
Concurrent Surgery Gets the Spotlight treatment: The editor of The Boston Globe’s investigative reporting unit discusses his team’s series raising questions about the practice of concurrent surgeries and patient safety.
Vikas Saini, MD, president of the Lown Institute:”There really needs to be an alliance among patients, families, and communities. At the end of the day, they get to decide what is the right care,”
Donald Berwick: The former head of CMS says “we will never solve the problem of cost and finance by focusing on cost and finance.” Instead, it will be resolved “by focusing on the design and redesign of healthcare and the improvement of its quality.” Part 2
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