Monthly Archives: July 2009

Theory #2: nextHospitals must provide primary care–*on site*

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Katherine Rourke

What makes hospitals’ failure to offer step down care even more foolsh is that all they’d have to do is invite Walgreens or CVS to bring in one of their TakeCare or MinuteClinics, which I’m pretty darned sure they’d be happy to do. No fuss, no muss, virtually no overhead. Everyone wins. Explain to me why this isn’t a good idea? Continue reading →

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Theory #1: nextHospitals must serve anyone they can reach

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Katherine Rourke

Increasingly, hospitals are being drawn into new relationships fostered by social media tools, mobile phones, YouTube, provider rating sites and more. And now, it’s damned well time they serve these patients right. Continue reading →

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The nextHospital Manifesto: Hospital 2.0 from the ground up

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Katherine Rourke

In this era of change, I say it’s time we rethink the very notion of a hospital–which still retains roots going back several decades–and rethink the core ideas behind hospital operations from the ground up. Continue reading →

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