by joeflower | Dec 1, 2010 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Policy, Systems Thinking, Top Healthcare Stories
The right payment structure keeps patients healthy while saving money. (Originally published in Hospitals and Health Networks Weekly, 11/30/2010) We want healthcare to be abundant, effective, easy, and cheap; for too many of us too much of the time it is scarce,...
by joeflower | Sep 21, 2010 | Future Hospital Industry, Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Insurance, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Reform, Systems Thinking, Top Healthcare Stories
This article 1st appeared on September 20, 2010 in HHN Magazine online site. They are coming in fast under the radar, out of peripheral vision, in the magician’s other hand—and they will change everything. New ideas, surprising networks, stealth business models...
by jflower | Jul 27, 2010 | Featured
For the first time, we have the potential to use real data to drive the effectiveness of health care. But large practical obstacles bar the way. We can’t get there from here without specific action and real leadership from across the...
by jflower | Jul 27, 2010 | Featured
More than half of our current physicians intend to retire or cut back their practices at the very time that 30 to 40 million new people are entering the system, and the Baby Boom is entering its years of “peak medicine.” The necessity of producing more doctors, and...