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Health care is suffering from serious depression. Will it run its course?
Marketing is being rediscovered...again.
The view from a Monday morning quarterback.
Building the New Northwestern Memorial
Part 1: The Mother of all Health Care Facility Investments.
Part 2: A Solid Competitive Strategy
All organizations exist for some purpose but they are something more. They are history.
The Obsolescence of Independence
Part 1: An Ocean of Physician Refugees Search for a Home
Part 2: Inviting Physicians Back Home - The Hospital As a Point of Confluence
The Crash of ValuJet 592: Implications for Health Care
Regarding errors simply as 'opportunities for improvement' is a dangerous oversimplification.
The Hunger for Strategic Leadership
Health care organizations are hungry for a sense that those vested with leadership have a plan for the future.
Cleaning Up the Red Ink in Primary Care
There is a path out of the predicament of financial losses associated with owning primary care groups.
When the old ways of doing things don't seem to work anymore, consider nature as the model for organizational strategies. Part 1: Change Has Changed. Part 2: Embracing Paradox
The Beginning of the End for HMOs
The strained relationship between providers and health plans is one of the forces pushing HMOs into a less influential market position. Part 1: The Awakening Market . Part 2: Providers Have More Clout Than They Think
Are HMOs Really a Dying Breed?
Get two very different perspectives on the future of HMOs and managed care.
The Accountability Crisis in Healthcare
An immense accountability crisis in health care lies at the root of many of its most intractable problems.
The object of integration must ultimately be value for the customer.
Making predictions is easy. Making correct predictions is exceedingly hard.