by John G. Self | Dec 19, 2012 | Healthcare
Publisher’s Note: This is the first of a multi-part series on how innovative employees and organizations that encourage out-of-the-box thinking can reduce costs, improve care and add long-term value to the current dysfunctional healthcare model. If you have ideas for...
by John G. Self | Dec 14, 2012 | Current Affairs, Healthcare
DALLAS MORNING NEWS Promising better and more efficient patient care, Baylor Health Care System and Temple-based Scott & White Healthcare said Friday that they plan to merge, creating the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas. Combined assets of the new...
by John G. Self | Dec 10, 2012 | Healthcare
Bigger is not always better. Bigger does not guarantee value or success. As healthcare leaders warily eye the new healthcare economy and the attendant uncertainty that comes with implementation of the multitude of acronyms—ACA, ACOs, ABHE, MD-PA Plans, PHM, etc.—along...
by John G. Self | Dec 7, 2012 | Career Management, Healthcare
The good news is that the economy is improving. LastFriday’s economic news shows that the economy is growing at a faster rate than previously thought. The bad news is that we are a long way from anything approaching robust growth, and the continued recovery is...
by John G. Self | Dec 5, 2012 | Career Management, Healthcare, Technology
Today, the average senior hospital executive does not spend much time, if any, with LinkedIn or anything that remotely resembles “social media.” They see no upside. That will all change over the next seven to 10 years as Baby Boomer leaders retire and the next...
