In his book, The Singularity is Near, Ray Kurzweil notes “The future is widely misunderstood. Our forebears expected it to be pretty much like their present, which had been pretty much like their...
For those of us working in health care, consumerism is now a regular topic for discussion and debate at the water cooler. Over the years, patients have become increasingly prepared to interact...
Over the holidays, I had a chance to reflect and celebrate. Hopefully, you had a chance to do the same and are looking forward to a good year ahead, refreshed and relaxed....
It’s that time of year already—the time when you start thinking about what to give and do for the holidays. It is the season of year-end financials, annual evaluations and budget approvals,...
Healthcare transformation has been embraced as “the thing” to do throughout the nation. Whether it is the increasing shift to outpatient services, value-based reimbursement, cost reduction, consumerism, or the digital revolution all...
The Health Care Council of Chicago (HC3) recently released its second annual report on the State of the Chicago Health Care Industry. Chronicling recent events of the health care ecosystem in the Second City, actually...