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The next movement for patient’s participating in their care- OurNotes

by Amy Fellows | Jan 27, 2015 | Blog, Learn

The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard teaching hospital) researchers Tom Delbanco, MD and Jan Walker, RN who started the OpenNotes movement are on to the next stage in the evolution of patients being involved in their care, OurNotes. We Can Do Better and...

A new report finds huge disparities in costs of common surgeries

by Amy Fellows | Jan 26, 2015 | Blog, Learn

Blue Cross Blue Shield in their Health of America Report “A Study of Cost Variations for Knee and Hip Replacement Surgeries in the U.S.” NPR also covered this story and you can listen...

New report on International Profiles of Health Care Systems

by Amy Fellows | Jan 23, 2015 | Blog, Learn

Read here a new Commonwealth Fund report on the International Profiles of Health Care Systems, 2014: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland and the United...

April 17-18 Institute for Health Improvement Open School West Coast Regional Conference

by Amy Fellows | Jan 19, 2015 | Blog, Events, Events from selected partners

THE 2015 WEST COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE INTERPROFESSIONAL, INNOVATIVE, & INTERACTIVE A conference made by students for students. Please join us April 17th-18th, 2015, in Portland, Oregon for the first IHI Open School West Coast Regional Conference. The PSU &...

Tonight- January 19 Portland City Club event -Universal Health Care: Dead or Alive?

by Amy Fellows | Jan 9, 2015 | Blog, Events, Events from selected partners

City club of Portland is hosting a conversation about Universal Health Care on January 19 at Kell’s Irish Pub. Learn more here. Does universal health care stand a chance in Oregon? Is universal health care even desirable? What would universal health care mean...

Consumer Confidence Project update

by Amy Fellows | Dec 18, 2014 | Blog, Learn

The Lund Report covered the Consumer Confidence Project that We Can Do Better is involved in which is working on a comparison of the CCOs from a consumer...
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