June 14th,2011
After months of planning and negotiations since I last wrote about the subject,I am happy to announce that the partnership between Jewish Hospital &St. Mary’s Healthcare,the University of Louisville Hospital/James Graham Brown Cancer Center,and Saint Joseph Health System has come to fruition as each of the respective Boards and parent organizations have reached an agreement to merge (press release copied below). While regulatory approvals are still pending,this partnership will make great strides in the coming years to create a healthier Kentucky through the expansion of access,teaching,technology and research across the Commonwealth! With all of . . . →Read More:It’s Official –Statewide Partnership Announced Today! November 11th,2010
Several months ago,I shared a post relating to partnership discussions we have been holding with Catholic Health Initiatives (Saint Joseph Health System) and University Medical Center. I am happy to announce today that our conversations have advanced to a letter of intent between these three organizations to merge into a singe statewide health network (press release copied below). While there is still much work to be done before a definitive agreement to merge can be reached,this is a major step forward for our system and for the Commonwealth. As a product of the proposed merger,the resulting statewide . . . →Read More:Creating a Statewide Health Network in Kentucky September 28th,2010
I am constantly being asked my opinion about health reform and I am ususally happy to share it. However,it is probably far more productive for one to become individually knowledgeable about what health reform is trying to accomplish versus merely collecting opinions to support our own individual biases about the subject. With that in mind and given that most people will resist the urge to read the 1,000 pages of legislation devoted to this topic,this clip does a pretty good job of summarizing health reform at a high level in just under nine minutes. I’m sure I . . . →Read More:Health Reform Explained in 9 Minutes… April 8th,2010
Given all of the discussion about health reform in America,I thought I would pass along a link forwarded to me by a member of our marketing and communications team that he discovered while vacationing in Canada. It is an opinion written by Jeffrey Simpson in “The Globe and Mail”news from Quebec City entitled “In Quebec,health care is no longer a free ride.” The discussion focuses on the ever inflating costs that “free”healthcare in Quebec are consuming and changes that are being proposed to slow the increase of government spending on healthcare. Ideas being discussed are a . . . →Read More:Oh Canada…Healthcare Debate Looming? March 28th,2010
In the past week it has been hard not to notice all of the talk about the health “reform”legislation passed into law. As much as I prefer not to talk politics,many have asked me my thoughts on this reform legislation and its impact on healthcare as we know it. While I am by no means an expert on the 2,400 plus page bill and its 153 pages of changes,to sum it up simply,I would have to say its a step in the right direction. Our current healthcare system is not sustainable for the long-term. There are . . . →Read More:Health "Reform?"Not sure,but a step in the right direction | | |
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