The first time that I saw a computer there were two in the room. One of them took up most of the south side of a floor of the Computer Science Building and the other took up most of the north side. To the best of my memory, the first time I saw a hospital…
Author: Mark
The 83% and Concierge Care
Whether it’s the 83% reported in the press or even half of that, many physicians are questioning their career strategies in light of the Supreme Court’s upholding of the individual mandate within Obamacare. It appears certain that an increasing number of physicians will be disappointed with Obamacare and the burdensome requirements of its bureaucracy. From…
Breaking the Physician Hospital Paradigm – Podcast
The paradigm for physician hospital relations is completely at odds with society’s other trends.
Jurassic Park and PHI – Leaks Are Inevitable
In the book, Jurassic Park, and in the movie of the same name, it quickly becomes obvious that despite absolute belief and assurance that the system is closed, there is always the chance of a leak. Shift from dinosaurs on an island to your patients’ protected health information, or “PHI,” which you probably believe to…
You Can’t Blame Me – I Won’t Tell You My Name
As I’ve noticed on other flights, the flight attendants are wearing their name tags flipped around so that the back of the tag, not their name, is visible.
Who’s Driving Your Practice’s Bus? II – Podcast
There is no question that the healthcare market is changing rapidly. This means that groups must have the ability to make business decisions rapidly.
Why Trying to Protect Your Group’s Position Is Destroying Your Future
Over the past five, ten or twenty years, your group has worked long and hard to develop its business. You’ve become successful. But now, you see threats everywhere: threats from the hospital that wants to employ you, threats of forced ACO participation, threats of replacement by paraprofessionals, threats of competition from national groups and the…
Seizing Your Own Future
Almost all physician groups are mired in mediocrity. Only 3 to 4 percent are in the category of top performers, of those who have seized their own futures. Those few are the groups that I call the strategic groups. There’s a choice, an intersection – the great intersection – and you’ve come to it today….
Who Is Driving Your Practice’s Bus? – Podcast
Many medical practices operate as if no one is driving the bus.
The Problem With Compensation Surveys – Why Assume That You’re Average?
Let’s assume for a moment that physician compensation surveys are statistically significant. What’s the problem with them? Well, I suppose they’re fine, that is, if you’re content with being average. OK, I can hear it now, some reader yelling that physician compensation surveys indicate more than just what’s average; they show the 70th, 80th and even…