Let’s acknowledge one more time that US healthcare needs transformation! While it is one of the most talked about topic, consumers probably have felt the least improvement. It is evident from the fact that Healthcare services expenditure has been growing at 4.3% annually in the US, which is about 2.5 times the annual inflation rate. The picture looks even worse when US performance is compared to the other developed 35 OECD countries. Hospital spend per discharge after the cos

Good decision making is the hallmark of a great leader. A leader’s ability to make a high percentage of good decisions, in a timely fashion, is fundamental to the effectiveness of the individual and the success of his or her organization. In fact, Bain researchers found that decision effectiveness is 95% correlated with financial performance [Forbes, ‘17]. Yet, about half of business decisions end in failure, a study showed! Decision making in a highly cross-functional envi

Starting a week with the news that talk about patient data breach from a radiology interface is not comforting to many imaging centers or radiology departments. The total cost could easily get into millions of dollars considering tens of thousands of patient records at stake and average cost per breached record to be around $400. Clearly, cyber risk management is certainly not the one that imaging center or hospital leadership should take it lightly or delegate down in the or