Gary Kaplan news and information

Getting excited about the American Medical Association's 1% increase in membership is almost like getting riled up about the Chicago White Sox getting back to .500 after a three-game sweep of the Cubs.
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Dr. Gary Kaplan, chairman and CEO of Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, has been elected chairman of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's board of directors.
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Since it began in 2005, 147 different individuals have appeared on the Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives, but only one—Dr. Gary Gottlieb, president and CEO of Partners HealthCare, Boston—has made it on the list all eight years.
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The nation's political forces are bitterly divided over issues ranging from raising the country's debt ceiling to the use of energy-efficient light bulbs, so it's no surprise that the government's role in healthcare is also the source of intense debate.
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A virtual Who's Who of the patient-safety and healthcare-quality movements has signed a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to request that Senate hearings be held on his nomination of Dr. Donald Berwick as administrator of the CMS, who currently is serving a temporary recess...
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