Michael Millenson
Contributing Editor at The Health Care Blog (THCB)
Quality-of-care evangelist via consulting, research, writing and speaking. Early and vocal advocate for better, safer, more patient-centered care.
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2 weeks ago |
forbes.com | Michael Millenson
Archimedes theorized he could use a lever to move the earth, while Donald Trump has advised using ... More leverage to seal deals. Medicare should use its leverage to move hospitals to provide better, safer care. (Photo by Ann Ronan/Getty Images)Print Collector/Getty ImagesAs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services mulls new payment rules for hospitals, its leaders should consult a crucial concept from the book that made Donald Trump famous, then apply it to quality and safety regulations.
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1 month ago |
thehealthcareblog.com | Michael Millenson
By MICHAEL MILLENSONTreating artificial intelligence as just one ingredient in a business success recipe was a prominent theme at the MedCity INVEST 2025 conference, with this AI “best practice” advice epitomized by high-profile start-ups Inato and Prenosis. “You need to build a business model that makes sense, then use AI,” cautioned Raffi Boyajian, principal at CIGNA Ventures and a panelist at the MedCity INVEST 2025 conference in Chicago.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Michael Millenson
Treating artificial intelligence as just one ingredient in a business success recipe was a prominent theme at the MedCity INVEST 2025 conference, with this AI "best practice" advice epitomized by high-profile start-ups Inato and Prenosis. “You need to build a business model that makes sense, then use AI,” cautioned Raffi Boyajian, principal at CIGNA Ventures and a panelist at the MedCity INVEST 2025 conference in Chicago.
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1 month ago |
forbes.com | Michael Millenson
Dr. Mehmet Oz, the new administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has said he wants to give “power to the people.” Well, OK, he didn’t use those exact words, but healthcare consumer power was the core idea behind his stated goals of “empowering the American people” to “better manage their health” and holding providers “accountable for health outcomes.” Although achieving those objectives won’t be easy, I’d like to suggest three quick actions that together would constitute...
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1 month ago |
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Michael Millenson
In the Recording Evil series on Israel’s Kan-11 TV channel, the children of the Jewish refugees who listened to the secretly recorded conversations of Nazi prisoners in Britain during World War II mournfully confess they had no clue what their parents had done. That regret over the stories never told struck a special chord, particularly as both VE (Victory in Europe) Day and, in America, Mother’s Day, approached.
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