Last week was noteworthy for hospitals: we may look back in months ahead and note the confluence of four announcements as the beginning of a consequential shift in U.S. health…
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Theranos was touted as a high-flying disruptor in the $75 billion U.S. blood testing market dominated by incumbents like Abbott, Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp, Roche, Thermo-Fisher, Becton Dickinson and other big…
The latest Wall Street Journal NBC News poll predicts healthcare will be the number one issue in the mid-term elections this November, ranking above the economy, trade and immigration. Judging…
The biggest risk facing most healthcare organizations is not their financial sustainability nor uncertainty about the competitive environment: it’s inadequate attention to their ethical risks. It’s a costly oversight. Left…
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing life expectancy in the U.S. declined in 2017 for the third consecutive year. The good news was improvement…
Reducing healthcare costs is widely accepted as a system imperative: the facts are compelling: National health spending is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.5% per year for…
Two major national meetings last week showcase the current landscape in U.S. healthcare: the Annual Membership Meeting of the American Hospital Association in Washington and the Inaugural HLTH: The Future…
For 16 years, nursing has occupied the highest position on Gallup’s annual survey of the public’s trust in occupations—above pharmacists, doctors, lawyers, bankers and the rest. This week, on the…
Last Tuesday, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that requires hospitals to post their standard charges “via the Internet in a machine-readable format and…
In Catholicism, purgatory is the intermediate state after physical death in which sinners destined for heaven must first atone for their sins before entering. It’s a holding place. It’s temporary….
