I recommend to you Michael Rindler’s recent book, Strategic Cost Reduction: Leading Your Hospital to Success. He shows how hospitals can achieve a 5% or greater annual cost reduction without compromising quality, safety, or service.
I particularly enjoyed case presentations that showcased the strategies in clinical practice:

A community  hospital demonstrated that hiring additional housekeeping and nursing [...]

In my last post, Collaborative Independence, I referred to physician champions without defining what I meant.  Physician champions are oustanding clinicians who have earned the respect of their peers by caring for patients in a consistent and reliable fashion, delivering great clinical outcomes.  They are the people we turn to when we need medical care.  They [...]

Happy Independence Day and sincere gratitude to all who are serving in the armed forces to keep us independent, as well as to their loved ones.  My son, who is studying to become a naval aviator, is on a summer cruise off Cyprus, and it gives our family a different perspective on the 4th of July beyond [...]