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By almost any measure, we are just not a happy people right now. Our approval of our government leadership remains at low levels, our satisfaction with our work has plummeted, and the job opportunities aren’t growing nearly as fast as we were... read more

With the changes that will likely occur in our political decision-making as a result of last week’s election in Massachusetts, all sides are taking a “regrouping moment” to determine the direction and impact this event will have on... read more

We wish all of you a Happy Holiday and best wishes for 2010. When we wrote this piece last year we were going through one of the most dramatic changes in our economy we’ve ever experienced. At the time we didn’t know the depth or extent... read more

In his 2000 book “The Tipping Point; How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference," New York Times writer Malcolm Gladwell explored the world of epidemics. Not epidemics in the clinical sense of the word, but epidemics that are created with... read more

When we started Collaboration Health Care, Inc. three years ago we began with a passion and vision to see if we could help the health care system innovate and create new ideas to improve health care in this country. We started by creating our own... read more

We’ll admit from the outset that we have a bias for this profession. One of us was a respected practicing chiropractor for over 20 years, and the other has been watching and participating in the evolution of the profession for over 16 years... read more

One of the privileges of being an American is our ability to participate in its governance. We elect our officials to represent our views as our country continues to evolve with the changing dynamics internally and with the rest of the world. read more

There is no shortage of information about leadership, management, and what it takes to be a leader. The “gurus” of management, (Peter Drucker, Jim Collins, Tom Peters, Jack Welch, Ram Charan, Bill George, etc.) having studied the art of... read more

Once again, we attended America’s Health Insurance Plan’s (AHIP) annual convention to get an assessment of where one of the past “drivers” of this industry is heading. This year’s event was held in San Diego and you could... read more

Putting together, implementing, and managing a successful team is an art. Each group of individuals is unique and each project or initiative brings with it its own unique set of issues. With the macro-economic challenges we will all be facing in... read more

Newt Gringrich’s Center for Health Transformation has the vision of creating an “Intelligent Health System”. This is a system where “the individual is at the center of knowledge, decision-making, and responsibility for their... read more

If all goes as planned, our country is expected to have a reformed health care system by December 31, 2009. The definition of reform isn’t at all clear, but as stated in Obama’s budget, the goal is to “put the Nation on a path to... read more

It’s hard to believe that we’ve been debating the best way to provide health care in our country for well over 100 years. “Compulsory health care” (universal health care) was introduced by Teddy Roosevelt as part of his... read more

It’s pretty easy to get sucked into all of the negativity surrounding the changes that have occurred in our economy over the past year. Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase commented, “I am shocked at the number of people who are still... read more

Well, 2008 is coming to a close. There’s no getting around it, it’s been a tough year from a business perspective. And, 2009 looks like it’s going to have its own set of challenges.

It would be very easy to sink down... read more

Somebody once said that an idea without any action is just an opinion. We all have a lot of ideas, but it’s the steps you take to make those ideas a reality that really matter. Over the years we’ve watched a lot of ideas succeed and fail... read more

When we post our newsletter next month we’ll have a new president. We still don’t know which candidate it will be but we do know we’ll be heading in a new direction with some new leadership. As anticipated, the political process has... read more

We generally try to steer-clear of talking politics in these newsletters. We've found that talking politics will generally get you immediately labeled into one of the two major camps. And, when you're labeled on one side, the folks on the other... read more

The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions has recently put together some good information to use when evaluating the changes taking place in the various segments in our health care marketplace. One of the segments that is changing most rapidly and... read more

Randy Pausch died the other day. He was 47 years old.

For those of you not familiar with Randy’s story, he was a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year and told he would have... read more

We’re going to continue to experience some interesting times in our healthcare industry over the next year. Nobody can accurately predict what’s actually going to happen- but everyone agrees that something needs to be done. Our current... read more

It’s hard to believe that we’re already nearing the half-way point for 2008. We trust that your strategic plans are moving ahead full-throttle and you are on your way toward achieving the goals you have set both for yourself and your... read more

Over the past several months we’ve talked about many of the business aspects we believe are required to operate successfully in the health care system of tomorrow.

These topics included some of the basic business fundamentals... read more

In his book “The World is Flat”, Thomas Friedman provides a dramatic documentary around how rapidly the world is changing. One thing is made perfectly (and frighteningly) clear throughout his writing; the world is changing at a breakneck... read more

We’ve used this title from a book by Rick Page frequently over the years to emphasize the importance of the need for having a defined strategy to help guide organizations in making decisions and determining their direction. We’ve always... read more

One of the key ideas we try to get across in our work with clients is our belief that having a clear definition of who you are and what you do can be a key predictor of the success of any organization or project. Especially in health care, having... read more

In his book, Only the Paranoid Survive, former Intel CEO Andy Grove put forward the argument that every business, organization, and individual will encounter “strategic inflection points” throughout their existence that can impact their... read more

We wish you much success and growth in the year ahead.

Last year a friend of ours introduced us to the “Blue Ocean” way of thinking. We always try to help clients think out of the box as they develop their strategies in a... read more

Happy Holidays to everyone. And we wish you a fulfilling and prosperous new year.

In this newsletter we’ll be using an article recently published in the Harvard Business Review as a framework to discuss some of the traits that... read more

Welcome to Collaboration Health Care’s November, 2007 newsletter. We’ll be using this newsletter as one means to communicate news, views, opinions, and comments to help encourage dialogue to facilitate change within our health care... read more