http://www.seefirstblog.com/2009/09/29/how-a-harvard-hospital-improves-patient-safety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-a-harvard-hospital-improves-patient-safety Insights into the uncertain world of healthcare Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.seefirstblog.com/2009/09/29/how-a-harvard-hospital-improves-patient-safety/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Good Reading « See First Blog Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:27:15 +0000 http://www.seefirstblog.com/?p=1369#comment-503 [...] One quibble I would have with Levy is this.  He’s right, the BI Deaconess is at a disadvantage compared to Partners in terms of its negotiating leverage with Blue Cross, but the BI Deaconess is still one of the best hospitals with some of the best doctors in the world.  Perhaps it’s more of a statement of the high quality of academic medicine in Massachusetts that a hospital like his can be considered second to anyone.  I’ve posted previously on some of Levy’s good work on health care quality here. [...] [...] One quibble I would have with Levy is this.  He’s right, the BI Deaconess is at a disadvantage compared to Partners in terms of its negotiating leverage with Blue Cross, but the BI Deaconess is still one of the best hospitals with some of the best doctors in the world.  Perhaps it’s more of a statement of the high quality of academic medicine in Massachusetts that a hospital like his can be considered second to anyone.  I’ve posted previously on some of Levy’s good work on health care quality here. [...]

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