In a quote qualitatively similar to “my dog ate my homework,” a hospital CEO blamed an “aggressive, direct competitor” for the downturn in his facility’s patient volume. The drop in business led to a significant financial loss, a staff layoff, and a near scrape with Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Category: Governance
From down the street I could see the fortune teller’s shop.
Did she know that I was coming?
A magic show is about misdirection: that which is seen and that which isn’t seen.
We all hear, and most of us say, that the pace of change in healthcare is quickening. That means that the pace of required decision-making is increasing, too. Unless, that is, you want to take the “default” route. That’s the one is which you let someone else make the decisions that impact you; you’re just […]
A magic show is about misdirection: that which is seen and that which isn’t seen. Just like the title of the essay by Frédéric Bastiat, the early 19th Century French political economist, but in a slightly different direction. Bastiat’s point was that governments legislate to correct a problem (and then bask in the glory of […]
Have you heard the one about the man who doesn’t walk into a bar?
Many professionals, from architects to anesthesiologists, from structural engineers to surgeons, make the mistake of focusing solely on developing their skill sets and in delivering those skills to their customers, patients or clients.
There’s little question that most, if not all, medical groups should be led by practicing physicians.
Have you heard the one about the man who doesn’t walk into a bar? Medical groups generally address governance from the aspect of current control. That’s the issue of who’s in charge. I’ve written many posts on what governance structures promote, and what governance structures inhibit, the ability of a group to set strategy, to […]
Many professionals, from architects to anesthesiologists, from structural engineers to surgeons, make the mistake of focusing solely on developing their skill sets and in delivering those skills to their customers, patients or clients.