Posts Tagged ‘administration’

The List

July 25th, 2009

Okay, so if you are in healthcare administration and you have any interest in what’s going on in my world, just take a quick read of this descriptive list of services from various organizations with whom I have become aligned.

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In terms of creating value for any of you, the first organization that I obviously believe should be on your list is SunStone Consulting.  In order to help explain our work, think of the following list:  Transfer DRGs, Worker’s Comp, Compliance and RAC readiness assessments.  These represent just a few of the professional services in which SunStone specializes for hospitals.

What about the rest of the list?

  1. Virtual elimination of  “accounts receivable.”
  2. The building of software bridges to anywhere.
  3. Expertise in telemedicine delivery.
  4. Business flow software systems, like Legos, that can be added for any business unit.
  5. Research software that delivers, white papers, proteomic and genomic research results, and pharmaceutical tie-ins through its unique search engine.
  6. Marketing research for any occasions.
  7. Business development and lobbying services.
  8. Food services.
  9. Environmental savings and income solutions.
  10. Educational training in all aspects of management expertise.
  11. Biofeedback systems for stress management.
  12. Hazardous waste disposal.
  13. Response systems for data breaches, i.e, notification mailings and call centers.
  14. REIT-type investment and building solutions for expansion projects.
  15. Searches for all executive and executive medical and PhD leadership positions.
  16. HR software to ensure objective  employee evaluations for quality improvement.
  17. 24 hour translation services for hospitals and physician office practices.
  18. Comprehensive  proteomic lab services for sophisticated oncology/cancer testing.
  19. Electronic Medical Records
  20. Physician office billing systems.
  21. Strategic planning expertise for hospital medical staffs.
  22. Physician practice diagnosis and “repair.”
  23. Grant writing and fund raising for all aspects of healthcare: residencies, research, job training, nursing schools, and so much more.

If you need to find funds, are looking to have money returned to you that you have rightfully earned, want to improve your business quality and efficiency, are in need of comprehensive analysis to help you start, improve, or garner maximum profitability from a business unit, or just want to improve your bottom line, follow the money . . .

Check out SunStone Consulting’s Global Solutions, and give me a call.  It’s what we do.  (This was not a paid announcement.  Rather, I just wanted to let you know what I’m up to besides board, administrative, and personal consulting and assistance.)

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Never Look Back

January 21st, 2009

Never look back.

That should be the motto of every outgoing president. You did the best that you could. You did what you thought was right. You gave it your all, but when the power changes, when the new world order takes shape, and when you fly off to your new life, it will be forever evident that what you did will not be what your predecessor will do. It will not be what you fought for, believed in, or worked so hard to accomplish. So, never look back; George W., Bill, George, Jimmy or Nick. It was what it was; it is what it is, and you can’t change either the past or the future. You can only go on with your life.

With the changing of the guard this week in Washington D.C., the entire process was very moving to me. Things that are being proposed seem so obvious, so clear, so amazingly right, but they too will most probably be disassembled almost before the door is closed on our next president’s final helicopter ride. The only worst situation would be if all of President Obama’s former loyal leaders would stay behind and make those disassemble decisions on the next inauguration day.

In the raw emotion of abstract observation, it dawned on me that, my time as a president is over, too and that change will happen as it is permitted to happen by the leadership left behind. It also became clear to me that my role should now be one of elder statesman not that of interfering has been.

We built this city on rock ‘n roll” is a song that plays over and over in my head. In our case, we received international recognition because of the uniqueness of the institutional soul that evolved there. It was an open, progressive environment, but, more importantly, it was an environment filled with positive energy.

My role now as elder statesman is to offer advice only if asked, to realize that my time is indeed over as a president, and to help those who believe in what we once created to do the same for their organizations.

It is not to attempt to stop motion, no matter which direction it is flowing, but this part is damn hard, and I don’t have a library to focus on building.

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