by Rick Ybarra | Jan 22, 2014 | Blog
Dr. Jeffrey Brenner, MD is a primary care physician and Executive Director of Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers. He is best known for his ground-breaking and innovative work in “hotspotting,” the concept of lowering medical costs by providing the neediest...
by Rick Ybarra | Jan 6, 2014 | Blog
I was intrigued by a LinkedIn post by Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president and CEO at Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She talks about her big idea of creating a culture of health. She’s absolutely right on! Often we get caught up in the minutia of attempting to solve...
by Rick Ybarra | Dec 16, 2013 | Blog
I wanted to share this very compelling, deeply personal story written from the perspective of a daughter recounting the care (or lack thereof) her father was receiving in a hospital setting. Regrettably, this type of situation (some less, some more severe) happens...
by Rick Ybarra | Nov 18, 2013 | Blog
A recent post over at the Harvard Business Review (HBR) blog really piqued my interest. It illustrated the similarities between the today’s health care model and examples of “disruptive business models.” Due to the policy drivers of new government reforms, healthcare...
by Rick Ybarra | Nov 5, 2013 | Blog
In a new video released by the Commonwealth Fund, vice president Anne-Marie J. Audet, M.D., explains how care teams, health IT, and new ways of paying health care providers can improve health care for patients while lowering costs: [brightcove...
