May 29, 2019
Some years ago I spoke at an American Hospital Association meeting to a large group of hospital executives and trustees. The first slide of my presentation was a picture of a 747 jumbo Jet. The question I asked was, “Why would I start my presentation with an aircraft to an audience of hospital leadership?” Then I asked, “How long would we Americans tolerate a 747 jumbo jet crashing every day-and-a-half?” The response was obviously universal - we would not. My next comment was that if you do the calculation, that was the number of hospital deaths caused by nosocomial (hospital...
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Mar 28, 2019
How to Get the Best Healthcare Advice in Chattanooga Chattanooga, Tennessee is a fast-growing city offering quality health care in many areas. As a hub for traffic to several larger cities like Atlanta, Nashville, and Knoxville, Chattanooga has a small town feel in many ways. Yet larger corporations, such as Volkswagen, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Chattanooga, McKee Foods (Little Debbie), and Amazon, as well as the major healthcare corporations like BlueCross BlueShield of TN have large workforces with a vast array of health care needs. Chattanooga residents with chronic or acute conditions and diseases often find it difficult to navigate their health care needs. This makes Chattanooga a...
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