"This generation will do everything in its power to grow old with as much vitality, sexuality and energy than we've ever seen.
Or were these all examples of Common Sense? Walker Smith, president of Yankelovich Partners, the polling company, which found in one study that boomers defined "old age" as starting three years after the average American was dead. Negotiate payor contracts that create a cost or quality differentiator for outpatient services.
How will WE impact YOUR hospitals?
Innovation doesn't just come in new services, it comes in old services packaged in new ways. No fast food restaurants in the food court that specialize in trans fats.
We will want plenty of plastic surgeries, and, I predict that we will not be tolerant of the archaic billing practices and obnoxious rules about waiting and visiting that you impose on us.
And please people, it's not HIPPA.
Whenever possible, it is important to identify the specific cause and target the treatment accordingly. Any retailer worth anything will have to have a little health clinic?
"The boomers will never think of themselves as seniors," he said.
To quote Newsweek, "They've been hippies and yuppies; and now it's the time of the 'abbies': aging baby boomers. No fast food restaurants in the food court that specialize in trans fats. Part of the KNEEguru network. Lee Iacocco was a star leader, and where is Chrysler? Purchase the latest technology that either increases efficiency, improves quality, or drives volume in a SIGNIFICANT manner.
- Sacred cows - you know these service lines well.
How will this play out for healthcare? Is it payor or payer? Create facilities that create a "wow" experience for patients and physicians that other outpatient centers cannot duplicate. Simple, quick, convenient healthcare is way too compelling to pass up.
Well, I've heard it hundreds of times, but, in my mind's eye, it's been a poor choice of adjectives, a misplaced modifier, or a dangling participle without the participle. On Friday, we banned trans fatty acids from our patient foods. Having said that, it is clear to me that my brilliance is beyond description.
By the way, the trans fat idea was someone else's .
That was also the case during both of my graduate degrees and my fellowship work, brilliant was not high on anyone's list of descriptors for me. Each day as you look out over the sea of individuals that you serve, do you think about the day when it will be someone else's eyes taking in that same view?
How about COMMON SENSE? Which brings me to consumer-driven healthcare.
I might be reading between the lines here, but it seems like they didn't want to pilot there to begin with, but their partners at Rite Aid convinced them.