Good to Great

Can great companies transform healthcare? A reference to the book Good to Great popped up during some of my research this summer. Interestingly, it was mentioned by a Google employee as one of the greatest business books. I had the audio book in my car for years and...

Fundamental Change

Why fundamental change is so hard. I host the Healthcare Office Hours for a global startup community. It’s given me the opportunity to talk with entrepreneurs from all over the world. One of which is a former Professor of Psychology and Founder of a CBT company with...

Reimagining Capitalism

Capitalism is broken. According to Rebecca Henderson, Harvard Professor and author of Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire, “Corporate America has been hollowed out” by the financial industry. Deregulation of the financial industry has contributed to the...

Future of Care

The industry is evolving for the future of care. Healthcare spending in the US usually tracks with the same ebbs and flows as GDP. That may not be true much longer as the entire industry focuses on bending the cost curve. Many are pointing to the banking and airline...

Short: IDNs are the Now

IDNs are the now but not the future. A colleague has been asking me about the biggest challenge for Integrated Delivery Systems [IDNs] now. He was specifically asking about Kaiser and in the interest of full disclosure, they are not one of my clients. Kaiser is a...

Short: US vs. Canada

Both systems are undergoing a similar transformation. Even though the healthcare systems are different in how they are financed, the triple aim of the transformation is for the most part the same. The triple aim: 1/ Enhance the patient experience 2/ Reduce the cost of...