My business card displays “Principal” as my title, which is accurate from a formal perspective. I’d prefer, however, to use Provocateur but dare not because the term has too many pejorative synonyms. Sadly, the explanation of what I mean by that just won’t fit on such a small form factor.[…]
Health Literacy for Health Equity – Both Should Be Essential Elements of Every Provider’s Mission
What if I told you that I have access to a wonder drug that could reduce hospitalizations by 32%, eliminate 14% of visits to the emergency room, lower overall healthcare costs by 11%, and more surprisingly, do so without any observable side effects? Those results are not associated with a[…]
Mental Health Month 2022 – A Personal Perspective on Suicide
This started as a blog but has turned into a very long story – my story. The topic of suicide is simply more complex than can be shared in a brief blog. This story is personal and contains insights based on my experiences starting at age 10 about people who[…]
Dealing with Burnout
Understandably, we hear the word burnout used more and more frequently. Increasing workplace pressure to be more productive, COVID which included death and confinement in home, masks, political divisiveness, the war in Ukraine, inflation, and the lack of available talent to fill jobs at every level are contributing to an[…]
Talent Shortage? Great Resignation? Interim Leaders Can Help
Healthcare is facing a talent shortage at all levels. Provider organizations are recruiting talent nationally and open to new models including all virtual or hybrid work out of necessity. When a senior IT leader retires or moves to a new organization, it creates a critical leadership gap. Many organizations have[…]
Constructive Indignation and Creative Insecurity – Key Elements to Progress
Real success and ongoing progress require a mix of constructive indignation and creative insecurity. It’s more than metrics. It’s how you approach metrics – what’s part of your heart goals, not just what’s part of your SMART goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timely). As an adjunct professor in Baylor’s Hankamer[…]
12 Steps to Prepare for 2022 – Big Challenges – Bigger Opportunities
Optimism has served me well throughout life but it’s not sufficient to deal with some of the stark realities we face. The overriding impact of COVID continues. Very sadly, in spite of the fact that we have effective vaccines and supplies are not a problem in most areas of the[…]
Digital Health – Literacy Matters
Not so long ago, the term literacy was simply the ability to read and write. Today literacy has a far broader meaning. As our lives become more digitally enabled, as healthcare becomes more digitally enabled, we need to talk about many forms of literacy; first and foremost, health literacy. Health[…]
Will your ERP enable the business transformation you need?
Should we stay the course or revisit what’s available in the market? Is it time to migrate to the cloud? Can we keep cobbling together a lot of bolt-on solutions and make it work? Is this an investment we can afford? Are we ready to make it a priority? Is[…]
Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V)
Information Technology (IT) is an essential element of all organizations across the healthcare continuum, interacting in myriad and evolving ways. As we know, the organizational experiences and results with IT projects vary widely. A project’s risk profile can be correlated to major factors including its size, the number of people[…]