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Is it all about Control?


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MIT news: “flexibility in resources drastically improves wait times”


From MIT news (August 6, 2013)—    From theory to practice “In work beginning with his master’s thesis, Xu has shown that having even a little flexibility in resources drastically improves wait times”: I blogged about this in January 2010 … Continue reading

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LinkedIn conversation…transparency discussion SCO (Surgery Center of Oklahoma)


Follow Mary Pat Oklahoma City hospital posts surgery prices online; creates bidding war kfor.com OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma City surgery center is offering a new kind of price transparency, posting guaranteed all-inclusive surgery… 9 days ago Unlike Comment Unfollow Flag … Continue reading

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Can engineers and physicians mix…from LinkedIn conversation


Follow David Can engineers and physicians mix? When doing and hearing about healthcare performance improvement it seems much is dependent on doctors and engineers collaborating. Yet this is difficult. Sometimes impossible when implementing. Are they too different to succeed? 7 … Continue reading

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