You can throw the keywords "risk," "disruption," "disaster," "cost," "preparation," "prediction," "prevention," "avoidance," and probably a dozen more into a blender and come up with whatever phrase you want to describe the same thing: something bad is going to happen, and you want it to impact you as little as possible.
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What's better than today's news? Tomorrow's news, of course, so that we can prepare for it today.
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Is your supply chain stable? Are healthcare providers immune to Betteridge's Law? These and other questions answered by this blog (and your common sense).
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Actually, with the healthcare labor market as fraught as it is right now, we could probably all use some advice on finding the jobs we want and keeping the coworkers we like.
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Hospitals have long had a monopoly on care delivery, so they've rarely had to act competitively as businesses. That's beginning to change.
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It's another research-survey-study data roundup this week. And because we sifted through the publications for you, it's 100% relevant.
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Supply shortages are frustrating. Budget cutbacks are frustrating. Long hours are frustrating. But all of those things are expected.
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Everybody reports to somebody. But healthcare providers tend to have a skewed view on how top-down decision-making should be.
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What happens when healthcare providers and their supply chains are told that they will not be given the support that they need?
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