Epiphany [ee-pif-uh-nee], Noun: A sudden, intuitive perception of, or insight into, the reality or essential meaning of something; experience of a sudden and striking realization.   Largely to listen and learn, I recently sat in on a regional healthcare meeting of community leaders at which two large hospital systems were amply represented – which is […] Read Article

Why A Hospital Value Report? As mentioned, prices vary inexplicably not just across the state as a whole, but within individual markets. For instance, prices for routine procedures in the Denver market range overall by more than 800%. To put these numbers in a real-life context, if consumers accepted that kind of variance when getting […] Read Article

In the 1960’s, Psychologist Fredrick Herzberg probed an interesting question about “Work and the Nature of Man.”  Herzberg wanted to know if removing environmental factors that dissatisfied workers would result in more satisfied and self-motivated workers.  He determined that they would not because of what became the “two-factor” theory.  Basically, he concluded that the factors […] Read Article