Value analysis is finally getting some traction in healthcare. According to the Association of Healthcare Value Analysis Professionals (AHVAP), value analysis is “A systematic process to review clinical products, equipment and technologies and to evaluate their clinical efficacy, safety and impact on organizational resources”. Historically this process occurred within supply […]
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When I was in grammar school, it seemed like every week there was some school function that needed the help of volunteers. As student volunteers, we would meet at the school’s gymnasium and be divided up into work teams. There was an adult who supervised the work, and building a […]
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Big companies are always looking for ways to develop great teams and ours was no different. The latest fad was for everyone in the C-Suite to take a psychological exam which would assess each team members strengths and weaknesses. The goal was to create teams whose patterns of strengths and […]
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It’s an oversimplification to suggest that a physician’s practice could come down to two key drivers, and yet without focusing on these key drivers all of them would struggle to keep their doors open. The key drivers are work-flow and cash-flow. They impact everything, and just about every physician is aware […]
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People transition in their careers all the time, but often for different reasons. Recently I experienced this, and also had the opportunity to hear the stories of others who have undergone a career transition. If I had to summarize the reasons why they occur, they tend to fall into two […]
Read MoreGeorge Box, the statistician, once quipped that “All models are wrong, but some are useful“. The same could be said of data, in that all data is imperfect, but some data can be useful. When working with data there is a tendency to either completely ignore the data as irrelevant, […]
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“Don’t waste too much time with this one Terry. It’s just another doctor with nothing better to do than complain.” This was the advice I received, along with a long list of forwarded emails that found its final resting spot in my Inbox. It was a complaint regarding a recent change […]
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Recently I left a great job to start-up my own company. The most common question I’ve heard since leaving is, “WHY!!!”. It’s difficult for most people to understand. Simply put, it is because I’ve dreamed of doing this for years. The start-up is my dream job. I wanted to work […]
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