Author Information
Scott Hodson
Member since 23rd May 2008
Occupation: Management Consultant
Scott has assisted a wide variety of health care organizations (hospitals, academic medical centers, IDNs, colleges of medicine) to develop and implement innovative solutions to chronic strategic and operational threats. His broad base of strategic planning, process/operations design, quality enhancement and financial experience has allowed him to develop a track record of success in helping clients to achieve significant margin growth and sustainable competitive advantage.
Scott spent 16 years at Deloitte Consulting, and as a Partner, was co - leader of the firm's health care industry Performance Excellence and Reengineering practice.
In addition to his consulting experience, he has served as VP Operations for a major academic medical organization.
21st August 2008
The current Medicare payment system is considered to be “prospective,” in that the amount paid to a hospital for a patient is fixed in advance and depends only on the diagnoses and major procedures reported at discharge. In reality, payments under th...
25th May 2008
The Maverick point of view is that to truly "move the needle" on quality, a hospital or health system must begin by clearly defining and it. While there is no standard healthcare industry definition of what constitutes "quality" in acute care services, we...
25th May 2008
This self administered assessnent poses statements regarding specific attributes within areas that Maverick Healthcare Consultants has determined to be critical quality markers. It is designed ...
25th May 2008
An organization's culture can make or break any Clinical Information System (CIS) implementation. Ask Joy Keeler, Chief Architect of Nicholas E. Davies Award-winning CIS initiative for University of Illinois Medical Center.
"We knew from the beginning ...
25th May 2008
Everyone acquainted with the subject knows that preventable medical errors are a major problem in health care, perhaps even the eighth leading cause of death in the United States. The ongoing challenge is how to respond to them.
Most experts agree t...
25th May 2008
The United Health Fund recently reported that 13 of 35 non-profit, acute care hospitals in New York City are in such financial distress that their long-term viability is in doubt -- a warning for all health care institutions struggling to survive.
But...
