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Healthcare Leadership with Dan Nielsen dan@americashealthcareleaders.com   In an interview with Brian Taylor before he retired as Founding Partner of MDSI, I asked Taylor to share one of the most significant and impactful lessons of his life and career. His immediate response was about how he learned to “give up the ball.” He shared how […]

Making healthy change where you work requires setting goals. In fact, any change requires a goal. Goals provide a sense of direction when you’re hoping to make changes. They can also motivate you to develop good habits. Goals are even used to determine whether or not you’ve been successful in your quest for change. Setting goals as part of your employee wellness program is one way to make sure the program is efficient. Monitoring your progress as it relates to your goals shows you i …

A lot of people use the words “wellness” and “well-being” interchangeably. Others define them as two separate concepts. We’ve decided to take a closer look at these two words to figure out just what they mean for you and your corporate wellness program. Let’s start with the basics. Is there a difference between wellness and well-being? Yes, we definitely think there is. Does that mean one is better than the other? No way! …

    Click Here to Read the current issue (w link to PDF download)   The Medical Device Tax is Put On Hold And that is good news…for whom? Diagnostic errors: Reducing healthcare’s blind spot Re-envisioning the diagnostic process is essential to improving healthcare, says report A Patient-Centered Lens First-year medical students get the bigger […]

CommonWell Health Alliance expands with seven new members CommonWell Health Alliance (Minneapolis, MN) added seven new members to its nationwide health-data initiative. The additions expand CommonWell into ambulatory, imaging, EMS solutions, and consumer-direct markets. The new members are: eClinicalWorks (Westborough, MA) lifeIMAGE (Newton, MA) Modernizing Medicine (Boca Raton, FL) HIMSS (Chicago, IL) ImageTrend (Lakeville, MN) […]