by John G. Self | Aug 7, 2015 | Healthcare, Recruiting
John filed this post from his weekend house where his daughters and grandkids are visiting — from California and Connecticut. This is the first time all the cousins have been together. TYLER, Texas — Cash flow covers a multitude of sins. There are ample examples —...
by John G. Self | Jul 22, 2015 | Healthcare
LAS VEGAS – Why do we insist on making the goal of improving quality of care and enhancing patient safety into such a complex and expensive task? It is such a waste, and broadly it does not appear to be working Just make it personal. I believe that if every...
by John G. Self | May 29, 2015 | Healthcare
TYLER, Texas — On Monday night I received a call that shook my world. A late afternoon Memorial Day storm swept through this East Texas City of 98,000 producing funnel clouds and torrential downpours. After the storms had passed, the root structure of a massive Red...
by John G. Self | May 27, 2015 | Healthcare
The nurses and patient care attendants were unbelievably nice. So was the man who delivered the food, the woman who mopped the floors and the special duty attendant who kept a close eye on the patient. They could not have been more pleasant. They all introduced...
by John G. Self | May 15, 2015 | Healthcare, Leadership
A friend, an accomplished and respected Hospital CEO, has seen health care from the other side. Recently, a beloved family member died. He took early retirement so that he and his wife could offer full support. This heart wrenching ordeal offered him a unique...
by John G. Self | May 6, 2015 | Healthcare, Leadership
It is always amazing to me how many well educated executives struggle with their performance because of their dislike of ambiguity — the state of uncertainty or lack of clarity. The afflicted always deny it but when but you strip away their protestations to the...
