A Crisis In Accountability

Warren Buffet recently opined that, years ago, when the titans of Wall Street converted their investment banks from partnerships to publicly owned businesses, the rules changed and all bets were off. In the days of investment bank partnerships, when someone took a...

What Do For Profits Know?

I just read another in a rash of articles praising the investor-owned hospital industry, suggesting that they are better positioned to deal with the new normal healthcare economy that is defined by the Affordable Care Act and deficit reduction.  These articles come...

Health Systems, Hospitals Got It Right

Because I am not shy about criticizing or challenging my industry – healthcare – when we fail to live up to our mission of quality/safer patient care and support for the communities we serve, I owe it to my colleagues to voice my support when I believe they get it...