By: Jeff Cowart, BMc Consultant A recent article in the New York Times carried the headline, “New Laws and Rising Costs Create a Surge of Supersizing Hospitals.” The article noted that the U.S. is seeing a wave of mergers, with much more activity expected over the...
By: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA Each week, I am blessed to work with different organizations across the country. And each week, I am struck by the fact that leaders in organizations – regardless of location, size, or type – are hungry to hear about solutions to the...
By: Jeff Cowart, BMc Consultant I was intrigued by the headlines in the newspapers this morning about the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, acquiring one of the icons of American journalism, The Washington Post. Newspapers are my old industry and I’ve lived through...
By Ann Maloley, MBA Buy-in from the internal practice team can make all the difference in the success of a practice development strategy. At the start of the hospital-employed physician relationship, there’s a good chance there will be some anxiety about this new...
By David F. Zirkle, PhD At its core, research is a transformation process that increases the usefulness of information at each step along the way. Raw data collected on the front end is transformed into useful and actionable information to improve decision-making...
Author: Kriss Barlow, RN, MBA This article, updated in 2013, provides a simple list of suggestions to ensure that meetings to gather physician input and provide marketing insights are well managed, meaningful and get you the outcome you and the physician desires....
