Tag: Government

An editorial written by an American Airlines pilot in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram caught my attention ("Unintended consequences of the Passenger Bill of Rights")....

I recently heard this on a cable news channel that was blaring in the airport: "The current passport processing time is 3 to 6 weeks"....

I'm sharing this appeal on behalf of a good Lean friend, Karl Wadensten from VIBCO in Rhode Island. Karl is fired up, rightfully so, because...

Dr. Donald Berwick (bio), founder of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, has reportedly named by President Obama to head Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...

We had a lot of spirited debate last week around the case of the pharmacist who was jailed after the tragic medical-mistake death of...

Keeping things light on a Saturday... New York Magazine has a funny photo story series of President Obama on tours of different factories and...

Obama Awards Budget-Minded Federal Employee I saw this in the news yesterday about a federal employee from the VA, Nancy Fichtner, a clerk at the...

I had a great opportunity a few weeks back, seeing former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich give a talk at the Ontario Hospital...

We had some local Boston news about hospitals reducing infection rates, including dangerous blood stream infections that result from central lines. Several academic medical centers...

To Outfox the Chicken Tax, Ford Strips Its Own Vans - WSJ.comIf people and organizations are good at anything, it's gaming a system or...

Our returning guest is John S. Toussaint, MD, the CEO emeritus of ThedaCare, and CEO of the ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value. In the...

I blogged earlier about the Obama administration's announcement that the healthcare industry is promising $2 Trillion in savings (reduced cost increases) over the next...