The Health Care Bubble: Parallels with the Global Financial Meltdown

The global financial melt-down, or great recession, or whatever it will be called was a big surprise in September, 2008, to those of us not ...

The Health Care Bubble: Parallels with the Global Financial Meltdown 2015-05-17T19:44:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Electronic Medical Records and Going For Broke: Jackson Health System's Financial Future Appears Grim

I have written on numerous occasions that health IT in its present form, often poorly designed and implemented under current IT leadership...

Electronic Medical Records and Going For Broke: Jackson Health System's Financial Future Appears Grim 2015-05-14T21:07:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A University President, But No Longer a Goldman Sachs Director

A frequent topic on Health Care Renewal is how leaders of not-for-profit health care organizations now frequently value their "margin,...

A University President, But No Longer a Goldman Sachs Director 2015-05-13T01:26:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Members of the Board of Now Bankrupt Lehman Brothers as Leaders of Health Care?

In our own Providence Journal, Michael Hiltzik  commented about the Valukas report on the fall of the once proud Lehman Brothers.  He asser...

Members of the Board of Now Bankrupt Lehman Brothers as Leaders of Health Care? 2015-05-12T19:46:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

A "Very Well Paid Boob" on the Harvard Corporation?

The ongoing investigation of the global financial collapse may also shed some indirect light on what has gone wrong with health care.  Consi...

A "Very Well Paid Boob" on the Harvard Corporation? 2015-05-12T04:50:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

WaMu Worry? - More Overlaps Between "Stewards" of Failed Financial Firms and the Leadership of Health Care Organizations

Investigations of the failures of major US financial corporations during the global financial meltdown continue to paint a picture of bad le...

WaMu Worry? - More Overlaps Between "Stewards" of Failed Financial Firms and the Leadership of Health Care Organizations 2015-05-12T04:28:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Failed Leaders of Citigroup as Leaders of Health Care

When we began this blog, I never dreamed I would do so much writing about finance and the financial services sector of the economy, but,... ...

Failed Leaders of Citigroup as Leaders of Health Care 2015-05-12T03:41:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Stewards of an Elite University, or a "Politburo" of "Shadow Bankers?"

We have postulated that one of the key reasons US health care has become so dysfunctional is that the leaders of some of the most august hea...

The Stewards of an Elite University, or a "Politburo" of "Shadow Bankers?" 2015-05-11T00:53:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Failure of "Success Healthcare" - When Financial Maneuvering Takes Precedence Over the Health Care Mission

In the last few years, it seems that the whole world got tangled up in a web of complex financial dealings that mostly benefited those movin...

The Failure of "Success Healthcare" - When Financial Maneuvering Takes Precedence Over the Health Care Mission 2015-05-07T19:54:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown