Getting Back to Basics

Watering CanMEDS flowers

We expand on the discourse related to nature surrounding Canadian medical training and the CanMEDS flower. We advance the notion that a major contributor to burnout is the increasing complexity and segregation of not only the medical profession, but society as a whole, leading to choice overload and an overemphasis on complex, data driven, rational decision making. We then propose that the key ...

Getting Back to Basics: Leading Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) Can Achieve Strategic Cost Advantages By Focusing on Back-Office Efficiency

U.S. healthcare organizations face unprecedented financial pressures, making it more difficult than ever to maintain the vital re-investment capital required to sustain high levels of care and improve operating efficiency. More than 34% of hospitals reported operating losses for the first half of 2009 and more than 70% of healthcare organizations have slowed down or canceled capital projects as...

Getting the basics right Contribution of Early Childhood Development to quality, equity and efficiency in education

Book Review: The Basics of Digital Forensics: The Primer for Getting Started in Digital Forensics

EMR Implementation: Benefits of Getting Staff Trained on the Basics