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S J Hage

Publications and source records attributed to S J Hage.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1996

Fast events in protein folding.

Understanding how proteins fold is one of the central problems in biochemistry. A new generation of kinetic experiments has emerged to investigate the mechanisms of protein folding on the previously inaccessible submillisecond time scale. These experiments provide the first glimpse of processes such as secondary structure formation, local hydrophobic collapse, global collapse to compact denatured states, and fast barrier crossings to the native state. Key results are summarized and discussed in terms of the statistical energy landscape theory of protein folding.

Apoproteins↗
PubMed1994

What's wrong with this picture?

According to Mr. Hage, when the government tries to measure economic output, "the 1930's mentality sticks like bubble gum to the sole of a shoe." He is alarmed that the current debate about healthcare reform is based on economic data derived from antiquated methods of analysis and that we are "rocketing into the 21st century with our eyes firmly fixed on the rear-view mirror."

Data Interpretation, Statistical↗
PubMed1994

Who is responsible?

Increasingly, life-and-death medical decisions are being made by executives and other nonphysicians whose primary responsibility in their institution is for the bottom line. Mr. Hage reminds us that along with that decision-making power comes responsibility for the lives of those affected.

Administrative Personnel↗
PubMed1994

Outcomes research: too good to be true.

For the past five years, a government agency has used outcomes research techniques in an attempt to discover which medical interventions produce the best results. Mr. Hage doubts the efficacy of the approach and examines the debate about whether outcomes research is a cost-effective way to evaluate clinical techniques.

Health Services Research↗
PubMed1993

What'll ya have?

Before choosing a plan to finance healthcare, we must decide whether we consider ourselves subscribers or patients, Mr. Hage says. And we each must decide how healthy we are, because that determines how much we're willing to pay for medical coverage, he adds. In the article, Mr. Hage describes two proposed financing approaches and tells why he thinks both of them miss the mark.

Budgets↗
PubMed1993

TQM, systems thinking and the monkey fist.

To successfully implement total quality management (TQM), management must embrace change. Mr. Hage explains that managers face the challenge not only of learning new information, but of changing the way they think, if they are to take full advantage of TQM. In addition to learning new techniques, a commitment to involving all members of the organization in the new techniques is required. Mr. Hage offers a provocative analogy from the animal world to help illuminate this new territory for managers.

Hospital Administrators↗
PubMed1992

There's change and then there's change.

Citing recent shifts in the economic and sociopolitical landscape, Mr. Hage claims that the pace and magnitude of future changes will only increase with the coming of the new millennium. Like the steam engine and other technologies driving change during the industrial revolution, he says, the computer is dramatically altering our lives today. The author describes both advances in computer technology and software limitations that will affect RIS.

Computers↗
PubMed1991

Power: a changing commodity.

"Rapid and tumultuous change in health care as well as business has precipitated a power shift," declares Mr. Hage in this candid discussion of a quality that is both abstract and concrete. Centralized power is no longer the order of the day; in fact, the new stance supports pushing power down into organizations where it can be better used by those closer to the action. The author maintains that effective participants in this new model will learn to share power and respect knowledge as the only tool that wields it.

Administrative Personnel↗
PubMed1990

A lesson in legal theft.

Yes, Mr. Hage admits the cost for health care is high--it's now 11% of the GNP. However, "society reaps real and tangible benefits from its availability," defends the author. This article questions a government which on the one hand denies appropriate care to many of those who need it most through health care cutbacks while on the other hand accepts a $500 billion bill for the S&L bailout.

Commerce↗
PubMed1988

A pig in a poke.

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Health Services Research↗
PubMed1987

Dismantling the golden promise.

HMOs are really "in the soup" now, says columnist Stephen Hage. Just as they were "building a head of steam," the federal government began to withdraw support by attempting to dismantle the equal contribution requirement of the HMO act. That and government's current fascination with catastrophic insurance spell trouble for the former darlings of the healthcare industry.

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.↗
PubMed1987

Food for thought. Dueling gorillas.

HMOs, the "new darlings" of big business healthcare, are the latest to feel the sting of government's cost cutting schemes. Mr. Hage writes. But, unlike not-for-profit hospitals, HMOs have the knowledge and the prerogative to simply walk off the Medicare tightrope and opt out of the game.

Health Maintenance Organizations↗