Today, there’s no longer even the “promise” of lifetime employment. “Retirement” as in replacement, replacement just like an old machine, is as far off as the next layoff or the next outsourcing.
Medical Group Minute
Uniforms, Uniformity, and Conformity in Healthcare – Medical Group Minute
Uniforms send a message to others. Witness the quintessential example: the police officer. Even security guards and TSA workers don faux police uniforms with iron-on badges to manipulate people into a high degree of compliance. What uniform are your employees wearing?
“A Laptop! A Laptop! My Kingdom For a Laptop!” – Medical Group Minute
Mobile devices, from laptops to cell phones, are stolen every day. Cars containing those devices, even ones locked “securely,” or so we think, in their trunks, are broken into or themselves stolen every day. Other such devices are simply misplaced. How secure is your data?
Why You Must Harness the Power of the Flea – Medical Group Minute
Just as no vote was required for a dictator like Castro to take over Cuba, no medical staff vote, no survey by Press Ganey, no long and drawn out process among “stakeholders,” is required to topple the status quo.
You Can Hold the Mayo, But Mayo Can’t Hold on to Hospital – Medical Group Minute
The tides of healthcare ebb and flow like the width of men’s ties and the political affiliation of Michael Bloomberg.
“Free With Purchase” May Sell Cosmetics, but “Free With Referral” Is a Bad Marketing Idea – Medical Group Minute
The coronavirus has closed their office doors, but the U.S. Department of Justice is still prosecuting healthcare crimes and extracting painful settlements
Understanding Valuation Isn’t Sufficient to Solve Your Economic Problems Any More Than Knowing the Recipe for a Tagine Makes You Moroccan – Medical Group Minute
There’s lots of advice out there suggesting single track “cures” to the cash crunch that many medical groups and facilities are experiencing as a result of the coronavirus economic crisis.
The Problem Is the Cure – Medical Group Minute
Many medical group leaders come to me for help when they’ve got a “problem” and they’re looking for a solution.
Hospital Performs Surgery on Itself and Cuts Off More Than Half Its Beds – Medical Group Minute
What if patients no longer need you, or, at least, not as much of you?
How to Avoid a $46 Million Plus Compliance Mistake – Medical Group Minute
Of the various claims made, that lawsuit resulted in a $500,000 plus settlement by Sac Cardio and a $30 million plus settlement by Sutter in regard to their relationship.