Publisher’s Letter
Closing Thoughts The voters have spoken. Now the future is much clearer, right? President Obama has been re-elected. What exactly this means to healthcare and…
Articles by John Pritchard
Publisher’s letter: Supply Chain Complexities
The last few years I have traveled the nation speaking at events, seminars and national sales meetings about the complicated U.S. Healthcare Supply Chain. As…
Publisher’s Letter
People Driven We are in the throws of a national revolution as we transition away from a fee-for-service based payment model to adding a value…
Publisher’s Letter June 2012
The Future Is Now Every issue we run a feature article called Model of the Future. This segment is my favorite part of each issue…
Publisher’s Letter April 2012
The Savings Chase Is a model based on measuring demonstrated savings sustainable? The old adage rings true today, that desperate times call for desperate measures….
Publisher’s Letter February 2012
2012 Complexities Time sure flies when you’re having fun. We have been having fun the last few years, right? With the complexities of emerging contracting…
Publisher’s Letter October 2011
Looming Questions We just completed the 2012 Media Guide for the Journal of Healthcare Contracting and there is no shortage of trends and topics to…
Publisher’s Letter August 2011
Traveling Thoughts I have been on the road most weeks this year observing the pressing healthcare supply chain trends and how suppliers and providers are…
Publisher’s Letter June 2011
The Unintended Consequences of Reform Physician alignment has been happening for the past few years and according to our recent study on page 26 (The…
Publisher’s Letter April 2011
The shot heard ’round the world Our Editor Mark Thill has it right in this month’s cover story (Line in the Sand) – Medtronic’s recent…