Breaking News: Karen DeSalvo Named Acting Assistant Secretary for Health
Director of the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen DeSalvo, MD, was named today as Acting Assistant Secretary Continue reading
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FSG and Grantmakers in Health: Better Outcomes, Lower Costs
This transcript of a 2012 interview with Dr. Atul Guwande applies the concept of “collective impact” to community philanthropy. Dr. Continue reading
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Channeling Change – Making Collective Impact Work
This 2012 follow-up article on the concept of “collective impact” further describes strategies that maximize the impact of both funder Continue reading
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Collective Impact
This often-cited article published in 2011 describes how both funders and grantees in the non-profit sector can achieve greater “collective Continue reading
BREAKING: Dr. Vivek Murthy Nominated as Surgeon General
Today, President Obama announced his intent to appoint Vivek Hallegere Murthy for Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services. Continue reading
4th National ACO Congress: Health Care Transformation is Really Hard, and Takes a Long Time
The fourth annual National Accountable Care Organization (ACO) Congress was held this week in Los Angeles, California. The inaugural conference, Continue reading
My Chinese Immigrant Father…and His Love for His Gay Son and Partner
My Chinese immigrant father never wore a button, put a bumper sticker on his car, nor marched in a lesbian, Continue reading
Health 2.0 v.2013: Integration and Patient Outcomes Are Still Driving Health Technology – But So Should Empathy, Caring, and Communication
I attended my third Health 2.0 conference earlier this week, which was held for the first time in Santa Clara rather Continue reading
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