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To me the author makes one fatal mistake in the article and that is assuming all hospitals could run as well as the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic is the best ma
by TomOfTTB 17y ago
To me the author makes one fatal mistake in the article and that is assuming all hospitals could run as well as the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic is the best managed medical institution in the country. There are books written about it's management (http://www.amazon.com/Management-Lessons-Mayo-Clinic-Organizations/dp/0071590730/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243324775&sr=8-3 http://www.amazon.com/Management-Lessons-Mayo-Clinic-Organiz...). Assuming every hospital can match it's efficiency isn't realistic.
Coming up with a universal system for anything requires planning for the worst possible scenario not the best.
- vidarh 17y agoHe's given examples of several other healthcare systems that are of similar low cost and high quality.
- TomOfTTB 17y agoI guess I shouldn't have singled out the Mayo Clinic but the same point applies to McAllen or any other Examplery institution. You can't build a solution by assuming hospitals will have excellent management because most won't (which is why the one's who do are considered excellent in the first place)