September 2007 - Posts

• P4P is Dead. Long Live P4P!

  P4P (pay for performance) is all the rage in healthcare. And why not? In the face of the damning evidence that we "get it right" only about half the time, criticizing linking higher payments to better care seems frankly un-American. And there is accumulating Read More... Posted Wed, Sep 12 2007 5:02 PM by Bob Wachter | 1 Comments Filed under: Quality Improvement, Hospital Care, Pay-for-performance, Transparency and Reporting, Health Policy

• Why a Blog?

  It’s not like you don’t have enough to read, or that I don’t have enough to do. So, why do I blog? And why should you read? We are in the early days of a revolution in healthcare. The hospitalist field has grown from an idea – given breath by a handful Read More... Posted Wed, Sep 12 2007 5:00 PM by Bob Wachter | 0 Comments