February - 2018

The Power of Adapting to Others

Feb 21, 2018

The Power of Adapting to Others

Do you use behavioral style assessment tools in your organization? Achieving success in working with your employees, your peers, as well as, with your direct supervisor means combining relationship skills with task skills. It can be incredibly impactful as a leader, as well as, someone being led when you understand the tendencies of different behavior or personality styles. There are many good behavioral assessment tools out there, we just happen to use the DISC assessment

A President in Need of Advice

Feb 20, 2018

A President in Need of Advice

That would be me. Forever working on my listening skills, and being paranoid about growing detached from those in the field, I want reliable and actionable input from those I trust. So years ago we created an employee advisory committee while at a MedMan University we were holding in Phoenix. We named it the Phoenix Council. This committee is comprised of employees elected by their peers. I name the chair, who then sits on the MedMan board of directors assuring us of inpu

Choose Your Cues

Feb 20, 2018

Choose Your Cues

Good News for Orthopedics, “46% of people would rather have a broken bone than a broken phone”. - Adam Alter, Irresistible, The Rise of Addictive Technology We reach for our cell phones close to 100 times a day – nearly twice as much as you might guess. At a time when so many people feel they do not have enough time, we add insult to injury by spending time on cell phone apps for gaming, social networking, and new casts actually has negative impacts on our mood, manner, fram

Are You Paying Attention to Local Legislation?

Feb 19, 2018

Are You Paying Attention to Local Legislation?

Recently in Idaho and Washington, legislation has come forward to prevent patients from being balanced billed by out-of-network providers and other service lines such as ambulance companies and laboratories. The Idaho bill specifically would have limited out-of-network payments to the greater of 85% contracted in-network rate or 145% of Medicare. It’s not too crazy of an idea to try and provide patients with some sort of protection in scenarios where there really is not a cho

Quality 101 – Part 6: “E” is for Equitable

Feb 19, 2018

Quality 101 – Part 6: “E” is for Equitable

In the first article in this series, we looked at the Institute of Medicine’s STEEEP acronym, which stands for care that is Safe, Timely, Effective, Efficient, Equitable, and Patient-Centered. Equitable care is the fifth pillar. The Institute for Healthcare Improvement describes efficiency by stating, “…Race, ethnicity, gender, and income should not prevent anyone in the world from receiving high-quality care. We need advances in health care delivery to match the advances in

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