by John G. Self | Sep 7, 2012 | Stories, Technology
So much for the supposed speed and expanded access of news and information in the digital age. A Monday night fire in a 35-story residential tower in downtown Dallas damaged the building’s power system, plunging part of the adjacent office pavilion where the fire...
by John G. Self | Jul 3, 2012 | Healthcare, Technology
What do BlackBerry and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have in common? Within the next seven years they will both be irrelevant, an asterisk in the history of business. For BlackBerry it will probably happen sooner. They got too comfortable. Their corporate leaders...
by John G. Self | Apr 12, 2012 | Healthcare, Stories, Technology
Let’s face it. The Baby Boomers — and that would include me — are getting older. We are searching for the best hearing aids and we are flooding into the federal government’s Social Security and Medicare programs at a record pace — one...
by John G. Self | Mar 1, 2012 | Career Management, Technology
In healthcare administration as in any modern business, the constant siren song of the smartphone, texts, e-mails and social media leave executives with more demands on their time than ever before. Sure, accessibility and open communication foster an executive’s...
by John G. Self | Feb 24, 2012 | Stories, Technology
Most of the time I enjoy change. Today we are rolling out our revamped web site and unveiling the transition of my healthcare blog, HealthCare Voice, to JohnGSelf.com. Making this change is something I have enjoyed a great deal. As we launch this new site, I promise...
by John G. Self | Dec 27, 2011 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Technology
As we cruise through the final days of 2011, the scribes of media and technology are busy laying their visions for the future. Based on two articles in Monday morning’s New York Times, we should all fasten our seat belts, 2012 is going to be a fast and...
