CHANGE: The antidote to complacency
How to find your way to that compelling destination For many of us, change is difficult, even if we know, intellectually, that we need to…
Articles by Mark Thill
Observation Deck: Taking your turn on the other side of the desk
Journal of Healthcare Contracting readers know that they have to be good salespeople as well as supply chain experts. Whether it’s interacting with administration, the…
Observation Deck: Big Picture View
This year’s “Ten People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting” demonstrate what supply chain executives can be. Price-sensitive, certainly. But cost- and quality-sensitive too. As always,…
Observation Deck: GPO Confidential
The forces pushing our society toward transparency are almost overwhelming. As consumers, we know how easy it is to search the Internet for comparative prices…
Observation Deck: Adapt and Act
Journal of Healthcare Contracting readers are an enquiring group. The very fact that you take the time to read periodicals such as this one demonstrates…
Observation Deck: Keeping your head about medical innovation
Who’s for innovation in medical technology? Everyone – until we consider how much it costs. We’ve written about technology assessment many times, most recently, in…
Observation Deck: Cost – Deal with it
It’s ironic to me that with healthcare costs steadily rising to what appear to be unsustainable levels, people are afraid to talk about how to…
Observation Deck: Accountable care organizations: Will they stand the test of time?
Journalists love trends. They’re new and exciting, and they give us interesting things to write about. Right now, we love accountable care organizations, or ACOs….
Observation Deck: Ten People to Watch
Our annual “Ten People to Watch” feature is something we look forward to every year. The reason is, it’s our opportunity to learn about and…
Employers of Choice
Economy, lifestyle, reimbursement changes are driving doctors to seek hospital employment Does this describe any of the physicians who practice at your facilities? They’re seeing…