Category Archives: Healthcare
The Wrong Conversation About Healthcare
Peter Block and John McKnight turn their astute perspectives regarding the power of community onto the issue of healthcare with the observation that (according to the CDC no less), of the five major factors impacting health, medical care accounts for … Continue reading
Meet e-Patient Dave ~ Dave deBronkart
Here is an interesting TED talk that changes the paradigm of medical care by putting the patient in charge. The key, according to e-patient Dave is to make medical data available to patients. This seems like one important … Continue reading
The New Healthcare System
The New Health Care System by David Nather is a good primer describing what is included in the 2010 healthcare reform legislation. It is clearly written and avoids the irrationality and rhetoric that has surrounded so much of the media … Continue reading
Adaptive Leadership in Healthcare
I just listened to an interesting podcast from Plexus Institute in which Dr. Marcus Thygeson discusses the application of adaptive leadership to healthcare.
Several years ago, I discovered Ronald Heifetz in this article on leadership in Fast Company magazine. I can … Continue reading
Productivity in Healthcare
One of my more vivid memories from my days in healthcare leadership were the painful and adversarial struggles over productivity that seemed to constantly escalate over the past several years.
Payers expected productivity and they set their reimbursement rates accordingly. … Continue reading