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Hospitals Up the Ante with Hospitality-Style Customer Service
There are now a number of different hospitality-oriented patient experience services available, and HealthcareDIVE recently…
MedSpeed on the Inc. 5000
In part, this has a lot to do with timing. Healthcare is moving from acute-care…
The “Always-On” Supply Chain
The key focus of the report is the concept of the “always-on” supply chain, which…
What Payment Model Should Replace Fee for Service?
In an effort to drive quality and reduce waste, there have been ongoing efforts by…
Supply Chain: Essential to Improve Patient Outcomes
Recognizing the supply chain’s importance in overall success as an organization can lead to widespread…
Find Good Partners and Innovate if You Want to Stay on Top
These CEOs seek ideas from both traditional competitors and from other industries. Rodney Hochman, M.D,…
Never Under-Estimate the Value of Proactivity
I came away from the conference invigorated by the new ideas we all shared. When…
No Small Thing – The Growth of the HealthCare System
The article gives examples of failures and successes and highlights many of the challenges that…
Can Healthcare Continue Its Outperformance Streak?
Yet, despite a stable outlook, and even optimism that healthcare can continue to outperform the…
Health Transformation Alliance Looking to Disrupt Healthcare for Its Employees
Alliance members intend to share information about employee health spending and outcomes, with a goal…
Air Traffic Control and Healthcare?
The idea of pulling together activities that if treated individually and uncoordinated could be dangerous…
University of Chicago’s New Venture Challenge Turns 20
I share this article because I appreciate the opportunity this program provided to me, and…
Systemness: Integrating to deliver seamless, cost-effective, high quality care
A recent post from the Advisory Board Company describes it this way, “at its essence,…
Logistic Toxicity
All of these logistical requirements can compound the physical and financial toll of this terrible…
Why Questioning the Status Quo Builds Better Leaders to “Think Different”
We all know of great thinkers and business leaders who question the status quo, and…
What’s Keeping Healthcare CEOs up at Night?
The survey asked that very question of CEOs at large hospitals and health systems (greater…
The Benefits of Departmental Blurred Lines at Healthcare Organizations
With readmissions impacting reimbursement, Pamela Hess, CFO of Saint Thomas Midtown and Saint Thomas West…
Frugal Innovation: Healthcare’s Answer to Transformation?
Along these lines, a recent Becker’s Health IT article caught my attention. The subject was…
“Farm to Table”: An Innovative Way to Improve Population Health
By Bonni Kaplan DeWoskin, Vice President, Marketing Historically, when we think of hospital food, we…
Why Healthcare Should be Looking for New Opportunities to be Lean
I’ve written before about Lean principles and how they directly impact the healthcare industry at…
Transforming Today’s Healthcare Supply Chain
A clear focus on the value chain can deliver a significant return on investment. The…