Thursday, March 14, 2013
Medicare database shows how hospitals throughout Metro Detroit – and the United States – compare for care.
If you go to the emergency room at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak with a broken bone, how long will it take before you get pain medicine? The federal government says 63 minutes on average, according to a new database causing some hospital officials nationwide to cringe. That's shorter than the wait for a pain pill at Crittenton Hospital Medical Center in Rochester (65 minutes) or Beaumont Hospital in Troy (68 minutes). However, it's longer than the state average (57 minutes) and the national average (62 minutes). Key measures of ER efficiency have been posted from hospitals taking part across the country, according to a report by former Union-Tribune writer Cheryl Clark, now senior quality editor for HealthLeaders Media. “With precious …
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Todd Sperl of Lean Fox Solutions, whose new tool teaches users how to cut costs and improve service by streamlining operations, has transformed a downsizing into international success.
A Huntington Woods entrepreneur who turned his downsizing into an opportunity for growth has found international success with a pioneering health care app for iPad. Practical Lean for Healthcare, which teaches health care professionals how to cut costs and improve service by streamlining operations, is available in Apple’s App Store for $3.99. The first-of-its-kind tool is based on Lean, a management system that originated in the manufacturing sector. "It's educational and broad based enough that it should be able to help senior people – such as your CEO, COO, chief medical officers – as well as front-line managers," developer Todd Sperl said. Sperl – an expert in the Lean system of management – launched his own consulting business after …
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Two local state legislators affected by new law restricting benefits; Sen. Pappageorge exempt because of seniority.
State Sen. Vincent Gregory, whose district includes Huntington Woods, and Rep. Ellen Cogin Lipton, whose district includes Huntington Woods and Berkley, are cut off from Michigan government retiree health insurance under a law cancelling that benefit for most current legislators and all future ones. Sen. John Pappageorge, a veteran lawmaker whose district includes Berkley, qualifies for the retirement coverage benefit already and won't lose it. Gov. Rick Snyder on Tuesday afternoon signed a measure ending medical coverage for ex-lawmakers, a 54-year-old benefit that cost about $5.3 million in the last budget year. "This is an exceedingly generous benefit that is clearly out-of-step with the private sector," Snyder said. "I want to …
