What Do Retirement and the Internal Combustion Engine Have In Common? Read On!

What Do Retirement and the Internal Combustion Engine Have In Common? Read On!

Can you imagine this disappearing from the planet?       Some are predicting its demise after 150 years.  I suspect it won’t go away without some pretty stiff resistance. But there are some pretty compelling ecological arguments for it being...
Converting the currency of patient access into organizational growth and economic development

Converting the currency of patient access into organizational growth and economic development

The best way to provide exemplary patient access is to go to where the patients are. It seems like a simple approach, but healthcare tends to invest in communities by population density usually defined by home address. My team at Centra Health, a four-hospital,...
Mid-tier management development is critical to your success

Mid-tier management development is critical to your success

Often managers and directors are hired because they have become known as experts in their departments or they have been with the organization for several years and want to advance. But are you setting these great employees up for success with this new advancement in...
Will hospital price transparency impact the patient-physician relationship?

Will hospital price transparency impact the patient-physician relationship?

The relationship between physician and patient, has been the foundation of healthcare, built on empathy, honesty, and trust.  Will moves toward increased price transparency change this foundational aspect of healthcare? Patient-physician relationship While there is...