by John G. Self | Sep 23, 2013 | Current Affairs, Healthcare, Leadership
John is off today. The following blog first appeared in July of 2009. Reforming healthcare is one of the most complex, daunting and important tasks of this decade. What began with great hope and good intentions to avoid the reform mistakes of the past is now going...
by John G. Self | Jun 17, 2013 | Healthcare
Once, having a master’s degree in healthcare administration was the golden ticket to a guaranteed job. Not anymore. A proliferation of graduate schools, some great, and more than a few that should be closed for failing to provide the quality education an indebted...
by John G. Self | May 24, 2013 | Stories
A second chance changed, and probably saved my life. In our new entitlement society, the true meaning and intrinsic value of getting a second chance has lost some of its luster. That’s a shame given that a real second chance can alter a person’s life trajectory. As...
by John G. Self | Jan 23, 2013 | Healthcare
We are moving into an era of extraordinary change. Healthcare will change because government can no longer afford some of its signature programs including Medicare and Medicaid, and because the quality of care and the level of patient safety too often do not match the...
by John G. Self | Jan 2, 2013 | Healthcare
America’s healthcare model does not consistently produce high quality. In fact, the evidence suggests that this is a massively complex problem that is getting bigger. Quality of care is shaped by so many variables— literally millions of habits, interactions, poor...
