Leadership In A Community of Practice
One big benefit of being a part of “community” is to be the recipient of the concern of others when something does not go as expected. I know that many faithful readers were scratching their heads wondering what might have happened when by 3:30 last Friday they had...
Healthcare Musings for 24-May-2019
24 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, The Cost of Care, Workforce Shortages and the Need For Innovation The title of the Strategy Healthcare post earlier this week, “Maybe We Should Look For More Healthcare Professionals at Dunkin Donuts” may have sounded...
Maybe We Should Look For More Healthcare Professionals At Dunkin’ Donuts
It’s been my contention for several years that workforce issues will ultimately displace concerns about revenue and finance as the number one focus of healthcare boards and managers. I think that time has come. Across the country, providers of care in small town and...
Healthcare Musings For 17 May 2019
17 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, States’ Rights, Really? My wife enjoys scanning Facebook where there are many people with no reluctance to speak their mind on any issue under the sun. Over the last couple of days she has observed that there has been...
Thinking About the Experiences of Poverty
If you are a close reader of these notes, you’ve probably figured out that my career was as a physician first and then secondarily as a healthcare administrator who was fascinated by the many facets of healthcare management and policy. Put into the...
Healthcare Musings For 10 May 2019
10 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, I Am Not Sure How Much More I Can Take In November 2017 the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof published an opinion piece entitled, “How To Reduce Shootings.” He began the article by pointing out how different...
What Does The Plight of the Homeless Say About the Rest of Us?
I took the picture that heads up this post on a walk this week in Albuquerque. I was there to visit my son and his wife. They moved to Albuquerque in 2007. For my daughter-in-law it was a return to her hometown. Both of her parents had been teachers in the Albuquerque...
Healthcare Musings For 3 May 2019
3 May 2019 Dear Interested Readers, If Medicare For All Is A “Bridge Too Far,” What Is a Plausible Path To Universal Coverage? Earlier this week a friend and I were driving down to Boston to watch the Red Sox. We were not overflowing with...
An Enthusiastic Invitation To Be Disruptive
One of my occasional delights over the past few years has been to have a friend or former colleague whom I have admired and learned from send me a manuscript or a recently published book that they have written. I am always a little apprehensive when what has been...Case Study – Elizabeth Mcarthy
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