Group leaders must devote significant time to how they’re going to transform their businesses to not only evade attacks, but to capture new ground themselves.
Tag: future
The End of Healthcare Symbiosis Might Just Kill the Host (and End the Career of the Hospital CEO)
The move by hospitals to “strengthen” hospital-based departments, and the hospital’s own finances, by outsourcing to so-called national groups and “contract management companies” might just result in the destruction of the hospital. The chances are even higher that it will end the careers of many hospital executives. Over the last 30 to 40 years, both…
A Kodak Moment
I remember, as a kid, walking around Disneyland, noticing yellow “no parking” size signs labeled Kodak Moment. They indicated a great vantage point for taking a photo. Yet today Kodak is in bankruptcy, its core film business gutted by the digital camera.
A Tear in the Fabric of Medical Groups
Have you ever tried to stretch pizza dough? Pull it too much or too thin, and you end up with a tear. Many medical groups suffer from the same effect as a result of differing camps within their ownership ranks. Some members are focused on immediate returns: the amount of their paychecks and the workload…
In Terms of Thinking About the Future, are Practicing Physicians Really Different From Residents? – Podcast
Someone, or some faceless trend, is always impacting your future.
How Sharp is Your Group? Strategy, Tactics and the Future of Your Medical Group
The Wall Street Journal reported that Japan’s 100 year old Sharp Corp. announced that it had doubts that it could remain as a going concern. Sharp had invested heavily in building liquid crystal display manufacturing plants in order to compete with its South Korean rivals, only to have the market collapse. Sharp’s president was quoted as…
In Terms of Thinking About the Future, are Practicing Physicians Really Different From Residents?
In terms of thinking about the future, are practicing physicians really different from residents? I recently gave the opening lecture in my series for residents. The first topic: The trends affecting the future of their practice. Some in the audience paid close attention. Others didn’t. An even smaller number came up afterwards to ask in…
Will the Anesthesiologist Be the Only Physician in the O.R.? – Podcast
How unlikely is it that in twenty years, the only physician actually in the O.R. will be the anesthesiologist?
Will the Anesthesiologist Be the Only Physician in the Room?
How unlikely is it that in twenty years, the only physician actually in the O.R. will be the anesthesiologist? As surgery becomes more robotic, what difference will it make if the surgeon is actually present? In fact, as surgery becomes more robotic, will surgeons continue to be physicians or will they be specially trained technicians?…
The “Problem” with Healthcare May Not Be the Problem
ACO’s. Competition by hospital employed physicians. Commoditization. Just a few of the “problems” that physician group leaders struggle with. But are those really the problems? Perhaps they are actually symptoms of a different problem or set of problems. For example, the problem of increasing “We” think and, especially, the problem of increasing bureaucratization and centralization…