Are Consolidation, Competition, and Innovation the Answer? Part 2: A Closer Look at Innovation
“Consolidation, competition, and innovation are the answer to what?”, you might ask. Keeping it simple, I mean the high cost of care and the Triple Aim. To keep it short I could just say, all three will help, but even maximized to the nth degree they will never in and...
Creating Healthcare Success Using Lean and Redefining the Relationship Between Managers and Clinicians
As I look back over my experience both as a practitioner and as a medical leader, I am reminded of the joke that the life of an anesthesiologist is composed of long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of terror. Nothing describes a moment of terror for me more...
From Cleveland to Philadelphia
A note to readers: Different points of view must be respected. Vilification of those who see the world differently does not enable progress toward shared objectives: a vibrant economy, improved safety, and opportunity and health for everyone or as Thomas Jefferson...
What Can I Do Today?
In most of my writing and speaking I am talking about what we can do working together at all levels within organizations to achieve the Triple Aim. Opportunities exist at every level of healthcare for the innovation, improvement and transformation that will be...
Exploring the Top Five Challenges Healthcare Executives Are Facing
Recently I gave an overview of the issues that would face nonprofit boards with a tongue in cheek concept or prediction that I called the “Quadruple Challenge Plus One”. I introduced the idea by saying: Looking into the future for all boards and management teams I can...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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