How should hospitals calculate CEO compensation?

There has been much to do about the salaries paid to top hospital executives. Some say that no one is worth that much. Others...

What’s the deal with health care advertising?

I have some questions about the need for some health care advertising.  Advertising in health care indicates current concerns. Consider the messages you often see. Dr....

How can we prevent ‘never events’?

Everything has risks. This is especially true in health care. For example, surgical errors occur more than frequently in the U.S. "Never events" Things that should never...

Can health care providers deliver care on a budget?

Want to save $2 trillion in health care spending over the next decade? It could be done without adversely impacting care, if our government...

Is your small business ready for Obamacare?

Here’s a brief summary of Obamacare to expand your level of awareness — aimed at encouraging you to seek out additional resources. President Obama signed...

How can we grow the organ-donor database?

Spectrum Health has completed its first lung transplant — and this brings to mind the need for people to consider pledging their organs for...

Where does the trail of health care waste lead?

More than a third of annual U.S. health spending may be wasteful. Now that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, requires...

Pine Rest steps up with psychiatric residency program

Most people have heard that there is a growing shortage of primary care doctors. But are they also aware that there is a shortage...

The ambulance as a patient-care touchpoint

Health care folks increasingly are being rated for the way they relate to patients. The patient experience is one way to assess satisfaction with...

Health care programs wait at the fiscal cliff

The looming fiscal cliff has implications for health care. The package of automatic spending cuts and tax hikes is set to kick in during...

Obamacare takes turn toward compromise

Some in health care are viewing President Obama's victory as a validation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The election also produced...