How will physicians fit within the bureaucratically envisioned healthcare system of the future?
Tag: focusing on the future
Are physicians going each day to a factory . . . a factory of a different kind?
ObamaCare has made it harder than it was before for physicians to own hospitals participating in federal healthcare programs. One option of course, open for as long as there is still private health insurance coverage, is for physicians interested in hospital ownership to own facilities that exclude federally funded patients. The other, and perhaps superior […]
Disraeli commented that there are lies, damned lies and statistics. It’s time to add acronyms to the list. A new acronym to save healthcare has arrived, the ACO, an “accountable care organization.” But accountability to whom? And for what care, exactly? Lastly, and most importantly, who runs the organization? An ACO, is about power and […]
It was a little after 4:00 a.m. as I left my driveway. Pitch black and raining. But from the moment I merged onto U.S. 101 heading south into Los Angeles to give a grand rounds presentation, there were other cars on the road. By 5:30 a.m., as I approached the major arteries of the L.A. […]
Improving your group’s performance might be the worst thing you can do. There is nothing wrong with the notion of getting a little bit better each day, month, or year. That is if you discount the fact that improving the current structure of your group might keep you from getting where you really could be. […]
Where do you want to be? Forget about planning as that concept is popularly understood. Planning is a concept that builds on your current position but there’s a far more valuable tool available. I know that the prior post discussed telling the truth about your current position. To avoid confusion, let me explain. The determination […]
