Samples

Below are some recent examples of Leigh Page's writing, organized by subject. Please click on one of the titles to view the entire article.
Note: Partly due to agreements with publishers, not all samples are available.

Blood transfusions

• New filter against mad cow-tainted blood won't come soon

Disaster preparedness

• OSHA gives advice on planning for mass casualties

Entrepreneurial health care

• Corporate eye surgery centers are growing in Europe
• Scottish mogul snaps up Boots' eye surgery chain

Foreign health care

• British committee wants crackdown on eye centers
• Three countries go private to reduce cataract waiting times
• German eye surgeons face tumult of health reform

Hospital finance

• Building an RFP from the ground up

Hospital infrastructure

• How Will America Replace Its Rural Hospitals?

Hospital medical staffs

• Building strong bonds with physicians on staff

Hospital purchasing

• Smaller hospitals unite to reach GPOs' upper tier
• Hospitals take on supplier diversity programs
• New GPO bill could permanently alter purchasing
• In GPO probe, will hospitals be named?

Information technology (IT)

• How RSS feeds work

Medical education

• Summary of AMA joint meeting on medical education

Needles

• How to start an IV without pain

New trends

• Medical tourism in Asia shows promise

Ophthalmology

• The future of AMD therapies in Europe, Canada
• Refractive surgery volume expected to remain sluggish

Physician incentives

• Gainsharing with doctors yields big savings on devices

Physician supply

• Reconsidering Physician Employment

Hospital accreditation

• JCAHO gets reacquainted with central sterilization

Quality improvement

• Lean thinking slims down hospitals

Safety

• Getting a handle on patient falls
• Hospitals wrestle with sharps safety compliance
• Coming soon: state reports on infection rates

Sterile processing

• Outsourcing sterile processing fills a niche
• Sterilization is not enough for some particles

Surgical supply

• Deconstructing loaners
• Getting your supply system under control
• Your OR should have a smoke evacuator

Technology

• Robots deliver the goods
• Should you add an MRI?

Uninsured

• It's time to reassess payment policies for the uninsured