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The Wall Street Journal has introduced its top picks from the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show. The list includes: HP EliteBook Folio G1. The Windows 10…
Articles by The Journal of Healthcare Contracting
Demystifying Strategic Thinking
By Randy Chittum, Ph.D. There is a danger in the way we write and think about leaders. In an effort to find leaders to whom…
Are Patients Truly Your Core Focus?
By Dan Nielsen dan@americashealthcareleaders.com John Self, founder and CEO of JohnGSelf Partners, Inc., has served hundreds of healthcare clients all across America for years. Self…
A Patient-Centered Lens
By David Thill First-year medical students get the bigger picture Editor’s note: Sensing a gap between how physicians are educated and the future needs of…
The Medical Device Tax is Put on Hold
And that is good news…for whom? The year 2015 ended on a bright note for manufacturers of medical products and equipment, as well as providers,…
Diagnostic errors: Reducing healthcare’s blind spot
Re-envisioning the diagnostic process is essential to improving healthcare, says report Ever since the Institute of Medicine published its landmark report, To Err Is Human:…
February 2016
Click Here to Read the current issue (w link to PDF download) Contracting Professional of the Year Christopher Fontana builds trust with…
Turning Data into Dollars
By Robert T. Yokl Chief Value Strategist, Strategic Value Analysis in Healthcare, www.utilizer-Dashboard.com Your price and standardization efforts – no matter how aggressive they are…
The Rx Price Hikes
Who’s to blame: Bad business practices, unhealthy markets, or both? Pharmacists are used to the frequent price hikes of branded products, says Erin Fox, PharmD,…
Value analysis: A maturing profession
By Mark Thill Thirty-three certified value analysis healthcare professionals – the inaugural class of CVAHPs – were recognized last fall at the 12th Annual Education…