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This is my latest post in healthsystemcio.com. http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/07/14/standardization-lies-beyond-the-clinical-realm/# As a parent I’ve learned there are two types of tasks–those my children won’t do the first time I ask them, and those they won’t do no matter how many times I ask them...

Two incompatible things are a type A personality and heart disease—I speak from experience. I usually run six miles a day, three miles out and three miles back. A few weeks ago I started hitting a wall after two to three miles and found myself having to jog/walk back to the car. Wednesday I hit [......

If this sounds like you background, or if you know someone like this, please let me know. Senior Consultant Job Description Our senior-level healthcare consultants must have prior related healthcare subject matter expertise and consulting experience. Clinical experience is preferred, but it is not required...

Okay, so today was going to be one of those days when I wasn’t going to allow myself to be stupified–at least no more than was really required. Then it sneaks up smack dab in the middle of a call, and from what I’ve been able to determine, people find it annoying if you burst [...] Read More...

According to National Geographic, a single ant or bee isn’t smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems. The ability of animal groups—such as this flock of starlings—to shift shape as one, even when they have no leader...

A hospital in our area just dedicated a new wing. For months the job site was a maze of people, duct, and tools. It cost $145 million. Affixed to the new wing is a plaque displaying the name of the architect, the contractor, the mayor, and the rest of the adults who made it happen. [...] Read More.....

(I sometimes find it helpful to recite my blogs using different voices, like Neil Diamond. You?) Do you ever look back with amazement on how naïve you were in your first job? You walk in, your head so full of knowledge it feels like it should explode. You’re just waiting for that first opportunity to...

I know it makes you nervous to learn I have been thinking about something as there is no telling what may develop. Feel free to use a highlighter on your screen if you find anything of interest. The healthcare large provider business model looks more and more like its designed used to be the woman [...