Hospitals need to overhaul their processes so they can help the un- and under-insured stay healthy. Many people running health care institutions tell me that they have been fighting the fight, learning to be nimble, transforming their cultures, making big changes as...
The very forces creating a better, cheaper and more available health care industry also can be used to create monopolies, raise costs and degrade care. Which future strategic model will prevail? Rapid change is engulfing health care across the United States, but the...
(From the American Hospital Association’s H&HN Daily, September 25, 2012) Doing more with less. Doing the most for the least. Seems like the biggest magic trick ever. It’s invisible, people don’t seem to even notice you’re doing it. You do it every day. And...
What a cliffhanger! It is an historic decision, found on the narrowest possible grounds, with a majority agreeing on the result, but not broadly on the reasoning. Effects: The principal effects of the finding, from the point of view of the system: They have just...
[Press Release] Sausalito, Calif., June 20, 2012 — With the Supreme Court’s decision on the healthcare reform act expected within the week, both hope and fear are building that the Court will stop healthcare reform in its tracks. But a healthcare futurist argues that...
I’ve been saying it for years now, it’s the theme of Healthcare Beyond Reform: Doing It Right For Half The Cost — and now it’s even hit the editorial pages of the NY Times: A June 2 editorial, “Treating You Better For Less,” trumpets the...
