Christine K. Cassel, MD
Christine K. Cassel is a physician executive.
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Health policy
While millions of Americans are re-enrolling in Obamacare, signing up for health insurance for the first time, or double-checking the plans their employer offers, many will undoubtedly ask what’s affordable for them. Good luck defining affordability. Like beauty, it’s in…
While millions of Americans are re-enrolling in Obamacare, signing up for health insurance for the first time, or double-checking the plans their employer offers, many will undoubtedly ask what’s affordable for them.
Good luck defining affordability. Like beauty, it’s in the eye of the beholder.
To better understand what affordability in health care means from the vantage point of the ‘kitchen table,’ the National Quality Forum, with support from the Robert Wood …
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5 questions to ask before buying health insurance
Medical education
A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com. KevinMD.com recently posted a blog noting that Watson, the IBM super computer who successfully beat two contestants on Jeopardy, would eventually make board certification exams obsolete. He…
A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
KevinMD.com recently posted a blog noting that Watson, the IBM super computer who successfully beat two contestants on Jeopardy, would eventually make board certification exams obsolete. He argues that exams that rely on “memory-based curriculum” focused on recall of facts will become unnecessary. I agree. Recall …
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ABIM: Maintenance of Certification (MOC) exams assess clinical judgment
Health policy
A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com. The concept of patient-centered care was catapulted into the mainstream by the publication in 2001 of the seminal Institute of Medicine report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A…
A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
The concept of patient-centered care was catapulted into the mainstream by the publication in 2001 of the seminal Institute of Medicine report Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. This report identified six aims of improvement for the U.S. …
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ABIM: Patient centered care is crucial in health reform
Physician voices
A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com. Imagine a sub-par doctor at a vibrant health system with care delivered and coordinated by skilled teams, using robust EHRs and other vital supports for physicians and…
A guest column by the American Board of Internal Medicine, exclusive to KevinMD.com.
Imagine a sub-par doctor at a vibrant health system with care delivered and coordinated by skilled teams, using robust EHRs and other vital supports for physicians and patients. Now imagine an extremely talented, knowledgeable doctor at an underfunded community clinic. This clinic has no real computer system, …
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ABIM: Quality medical care needs more than strong systems
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