by JKF Foundation | Sep 23, 2008 | Blog Post
Energized from the previous night’s meeting with the HCA folks, I took a cab to the John F. Kennedy Library to a conference put on by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). The conference was titled “In Pursuit of Health Care’s Holy Grail:...
by JKF Foundation | Sep 22, 2008 | Blog Post
I flew to Boston on Monday, September 16, for a conference put on by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, which was to be held the next morning. Earlier in the week Jim Conway from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement contacted me and told me about a group in...
by JKF Foundation | Aug 29, 2008 | Blog Post
With Labor Day right around the corner, I’m catching up on some healthcare blog reading that I’ve missed out on while enjoying the summer. Earlier this month on “Running a Hospital” Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CEO Paul Levy discusses...
by JKF Foundation | Jul 22, 2008 | Blog Post
Every now and then, I get emails from people who are in the middle of implementing Condition H, and would like to talk with other healthcare professionals who have participated in a Condition H implementation. For example, here are some good questions we recently...
by JKF Foundation | Jul 21, 2008 | Blog Post
Good news from Pittsburgh. UPMC is reporting results from the first two years of its implementation of Condition H, the patient- and family-activated rapid response team program that is gaining good traction in patient safety circles throughout the country. From...
by JKF Foundation | Jul 14, 2008 | Blog Post
Summer! It’s time for baseball and barbecues and vacations, but here at the Josie King Foundation it’s also time to refresh our blog. We want www.josieking.org to be a continually useful resource for you, filled with new, helpful information and various...