The new Health Wonk Review is up. Check out the latest musings by this “blog carnival” of health policy mavens. There’s a lot of good material there, and plenty of food for thought …
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Write us at “sentineleffect@gmail.com” if you would like be notified when new posts are added, or if you have something to say.The Sentinel Effect:
The Sentinel Effect: The theory that productivity and outcomes can be improved through the process of observation and measurement. Based on the now-controversial 'Hawthorne study' of the 1930's.Richard Eskow is CEO of Health Knowledge Systems (HKS) in Los Angeles, which provides services to the healthcare and workers’ compensation industries. Through Eskow and Associates, Richard is also a consultant specializing in healthcare and insurance, IT, strategic planning, and communications. Most clients are in the IT and health-related industries, although Richard has also worked with NGO’s, state and national governments, and in the entertainment industry.
Richard had senior executive positions at several Forture 500 firms and was CEO of two medical management companies before forming HKS. He also served as a senior consultant to the World Bank, the U.S. State Dept/USAID, and government and private entities in over 20 foreign countries. Areas of expertise included health policy, healthcare investment, operations, marketing, and strategic planning.
His professional bio is here.
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Recent Posts
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