From the American Hospital Association Weekly, 9/15/09If you’re thoughtful, if you’re thinking about how health care in the United States actually works; if you’ve been following the bouncing ball here about why it costs so much for such mediocre results, you’re...
Are you waiting for the shoe to drop? The anvil to fall? Don't.Whether or not we're hit with "reform," this won’t be over soon, and it will affect you and your organization for years to come and in more surprising ways than you might...
On June 18, SunTrust Bank sponsored a webinar for its physician clients (most of them specialists), in which I discussed the future of business models and care models: How will medical specialists make a living in the future? And how will they care for patients? I...
(by Joe Flower, from H&HN [Hospitals and Health Networks] Weekly, 5/5/09)“Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart: the center cannot hold . . .” ...
I’m going to say something that may surprise you. There are lots of ways to make healthcare cheaper by making it better. It’s not like getting your fender fixed. People who use healthcare – you and me – have no way to tell what’s...
Here are three more ways to make healthcare cheaper by making it better. These three are about smart medicine. First: It’s a dirty little secret, and if you’re not in healthcare, you might not know it, but most doctors still don’t use simple things...
