by jflower | May 10, 2008 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Workforce, Systems Thinking
(From Hospitals and Health Networks Online, 5/10/08)Health care organizations need to buckle down and deliver care that is better, faster, cheaper.Here’s what we know: Come next January, the United States will have a new president and a new Congress. We can bet that...
by jflower | Mar 11, 2008 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management
(From Hospitals and Health Networks Online, March 11, 2008)Cheaper medicine means better medicine. Make your organization efficient.[The emerging conditions of a data-intensive, customer-centric health care world of real choice and real competition drive a number of...
by jflower | Jan 1, 2008 | Healthcare Economics, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Workforce
(From Physician Executive, January/February 2008) [If you run primary-care clinics or practices, multi-specialty practices, or even fully-staffed, full-service urgent care clinics, you are or will soon be in direct competition with the largest and most efficient...
by jflower | Nov 10, 2006 | Healthcare Management, New Healthcare Technology
Plenty of health care processes are ripe for automationby Joe FlowerFrom H&HN Most Wired, November 10, 2006When I buy an airline ticket online, I specify a seat and check the box for a vegetarian meal. At the airport, I use a credit card or anything with an...