Comments on: What We Can Learn from the Airlines http://healthblog.ncpa.org/what-we-can-learn-from-the-airlines/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Fri, 25 May 2012 16:47:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: What We Can Learn from Education | John Goodman | NCPA http://healthblog.ncpa.org/what-we-can-learn-from-the-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-54255 What We Can Learn from Education | John Goodman | NCPA Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:31:28 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8980#comment-54255 [...] Hint: It’s the same thing the schools learned from the airlines. [...] [...] Hint: It’s the same thing the schools learned from the airlines. [...]

]]> By: hoads http://healthblog.ncpa.org/what-we-can-learn-from-the-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-53973 hoads Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:39:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8980#comment-53973 Besides the stretch in flight times, I've noticed something else as well. Airlines used to hold planes at the gate. Now they slam the door and leave the gate and we now sit on the tarmac instead of at the gate. So technically, the plane has departed the gate on time, but us passengers know the score. Besides the stretch in flight times, I’ve noticed something else as well. Airlines used to hold planes at the gate. Now they slam the door and leave the gate and we now sit on the tarmac instead of at the gate. So technically, the plane has departed the gate on time, but us passengers know the score.

]]> By: Richard J. Webb http://healthblog.ncpa.org/what-we-can-learn-from-the-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-53969 Richard J. Webb Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:20:14 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8980#comment-53969 I think your conclusion is correct, but you stretched the airline analogy a little too far. To me, the real problem with third party measures is that they only work once. I just picked up on your point, posted over at Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog: http://www.healthcareneutraladrblog.com/2010/02/articles/commercial-healthcare-disputes/will-healthcare-providers-game-quality-measures/ I think your conclusion is correct, but you stretched the airline analogy a little too far. To me, the real problem with third party measures is that they only work once. I just picked up on your point, posted over at Healthcare Neutral ADR Blog:

http://www.healthcareneutraladrblog.com/2010/02/articles/commercial-healthcare-disputes/will-healthcare-providers-game-quality-measures/

]]> By: Devon Herrick http://healthblog.ncpa.org/what-we-can-learn-from-the-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-53962 Devon Herrick Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:36:54 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8980#comment-53962 The airlines don’t bother me as much as the security check-in and arbitrary rules for flying. That's similar to how socialized medicine works, where a government gatekeeper (e.g. the same people who hire and train the security check-in people) restricts or delays entry into the queue. The airlines don’t bother me as much as the security check-in and arbitrary rules for flying. That’s similar to how socialized medicine works, where a government gatekeeper (e.g. the same people who hire and train the security check-in people) restricts or delays entry into the queue.

]]> By: Tom H. http://healthblog.ncpa.org/what-we-can-learn-from-the-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-53960 Tom H. Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:25:14 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8980#comment-53960 This is the way the whole hospital sector is going to respond to Obama Care. This is the way the whole hospital sector is going to respond to Obama Care.

]]> By: Vicki http://healthblog.ncpa.org/what-we-can-learn-from-the-airlines/comment-page-1/#comment-53958 Vicki Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:11:24 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=8980#comment-53958 You all had a post on the VA system a number of months ago and this is exactly what was happening. The VA was scoring well on the dimensions on which they were measured (held up as a national model,in fact), but the system performed poorly in every other dimension. You all had a post on the VA system a number of months ago and this is exactly what was happening. The VA was scoring well on the dimensions on which they were measured (held up as a national model,in fact), but the system performed poorly in every other dimension.

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