Category: Healthcare IT

In NtC 23, I explained the concept of skunk works, which grew out of work that started during World War II at Lockheed during the development of the first fighter jets. Skunk works teams are …

When you walk into your physician’s office for treatment, what do you expect from your doctor? You assume she is current on the latest medical information and that your care will be the best available. …

From one continent to another, we are on an unsustainable healthcare cost curve that threatens our ability to address problems such as climate change, income inequality, and sustaining economic growth. The revolutionary use of healthcare …

In 2006, Michael Porter, the well-known Harvard economist and business guru, wrote Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results. Now, 17 years later, our industry struggles with the same unsolved problems: There is no …

In the middle of World War II, the U.S. Air Tactical Command of the Army Air Force – the modern-day Air Force was not established until 1947 – met with Lockheed Aircraft Company to express …

Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, believed that managing change required the first step of understanding and defining an objective and then linking it to a strategy. Well-thought-out mission statements are a great source …

Let’s talk a bit more about change. There are two approaches to change. Change that manages us or our management of change. Examining the current state of healthcare, we quickly notice that change mostly manages …

In my last podcast, I shared with you my thoughts on both insistent and disruptive change and how both could be positive or negative. Change can sometimes do a 180-degree turn and become the other. …