Stealth Spoilers – Some Potentially Lethal!

A day in the boat on the water is usually an opportunity to pursue pleasurable activities – fishing, sailing, sunbathing, good conversation – but sometimes there also come challenges.

A day in the boat on the water is usually an opportunity to pursue pleasurable activities – fishing, sailing, sunbathing, good conversation – but sometimes there also come challenges.

Most hospitals undertake an annual strategic planning process. Medical practices also plan, but less frequently. In fact, sometimes medical practices erroneously depend on a hospital market analysis for their planning. This paper serves as an opportunity to review key concepts in developing an analysis of a “market”.

In times of increasing costs and declining reimbursement, physicians find themselves working harder for little or no increased financial reward. As revenues stagnate, compensation becomes an even timelier topic.

I recently had the pleasure of driving through some beautiful farmland in the Midwest on my way to a client engagement. After 30 years of serving as an advisor and consultant to hospitals, health systems and medical practices in the area of strategy and business development...

As leaders we are often challenged to accomplish tasks for the betterment of the people for whom we care and for the organization within which we work.