I’ve sometimes wondered about the amount of importance attached to the arbitrary selection of the date we call January 1, New Years Day, as the date on which to make resolutions about our future behavior.
Tag: hospital based
Hostess Twinkies and Hospital-Centric Healthcare
Hungry for sweet junk food? I just checked, and a box of 50 Hostess Twinkies is selling on Amazon for over $95. I haven’t had a Twinkie or a Hostess cupcake for over 20 years, but I’m obviously in the minority as hundreds of thousands of people, or perhaps more, are going crazy over the…
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…
Develop a True Medical Group Business Structure
If it loses one contact, its only contract, your group has lost its business life.
Beware the Government-Hospital Complex
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…
Swimming With the Stream or Swimming Upstream?
The healthcare tide is strong: pushing forward hospital-centric healthcare, accountable care organizations, and governmental meddling. But what way are you swimming toward your future? Are you swimming with the tide or against it? Certainly, some trends are strong and will continue to play out no matter how hard you fight against them. For those interested…
Are You Playing to Win or Just Playing Not to Lose? – Podcast
Does your medical group have a strategy to succeed, or are you simply hoping not to fail?
Are You Playing to Win or Just Playing Not to Lose?
Is your medical group playing to win—or just avoiding loss? Passive strategy leads to decline. Chart a bold course instead.
Why Sometimes the Only Way to Win is Not to Play at All
Just as in sports, many medical group leaders are motivated by “winning isn’t everything – it’s the only thing” thinking. But there’s an important corollary to that rule that often goes disregarded to the group’s detriment: Sometimes it pays to lose or to not play at all. How can that be? Well, imagine that your…
Using the Scenario Survey Process at the Micro Level
In my podcast How Scenario Surveys Strengthen Group Strategy, or in my article by the same name, I discuss the importance of your use of the scenario tool in setting group strategy. There’s another aspect of the Scenario Survey Process that’s important for any physician group that negotiates with a hospital, the classic example being…