Posted by Admin | 12:57 PM

The dysfunction of modern health care likely arises from larger trends within the economy and the society.  We frequently discuss how poor l...

Labels: governance, leadership

Posted by Admin | 9:07 AM

For the New Year, it is time to ponder- why is there still no organized outrage over the ongoing incompetent , uncaring , self-interested ,...

Labels: finance, governance, leadership, propaganda

Posted by Admin | 12:34 PM

Last month we discussed a recent, large scale study of physician burnout, and wondered whether it would finally inspire some discourse abou...

Labels: academic freedom, academic medical centers, anechoic effect, burnout, deception, free speech, health care ethics, leadership, medical schools, mission-hostile management, physicians, whistle-blowers

Posted by Admin | 10:51 AM

A recent article in Becker's Hospital Review entitled, "6 Traits That Define a Great Hospital CFO" [Chief Financial Officer] ...

Labels: accountability, Hospitals, leadership, transparency

Posted by Admin | 9:14 AM

Over the last 20 years or so, health care organizational leaders somehow ceased to be mere mortals, and became visionaries.  The latest exam...

Labels: CEO disease, imperial CEO, leadership, University of Miami

Posted by Admin | 8:34 PM

Why is the leadership of health care organizations so bad?  An important explanation of one part of the puzzle appears on InformationWeek...

Labels: accountability, CEO disease, executive compensation, imperial CEO, leadership, mission-hostile management, public relations

Posted by Admin | 9:11 AM

During the brief Occupy Wall Street etc campaign last year, the pepper spraying of unarmed protesters on the University of California - Davi...

Labels: accountability, imperial CEO, leadership, Linda Katehi, mission-hostile management, UC-Davis

Posted by Admin | 7:09 AM

At my Feb. 16, 2012 post " Hospitals and Doctors Use Health IT at Their Own Risk - Even if 'Certified' " I established tha...

Labels: generic management, healthcare IT risks, leadership, ONC

Posted by Admin | 12:30 PM

We have often discussed the anechoic effect , how cases involving or discussions of the topics we address on Health Care Renewal , the conce...

Labels: academic medical centers, anechoic effect, leadership

Posted by Admin | 2:06 PM

As the leadership of the large field of Republican candidates for the US Presidency shifts, different candidates come in for increased media...

Labels: boards of directors, conflicts of interest, health policy, leadership, politics, stealth health policy advocacy

Posted by Admin | 2:57 PM

A new article in the Journal of Business Ethics suggested that the global financial crisis, or great recession, was primarily due to a funda...

Labels: boards of trustees, finance, leadership, Mismanagement, mission-hostile management, psychopaths