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Where Is "Business Growth" On Health Care's Agenda?

Former "car czar" Steven Rattner, writing in yesterday's Wall Street Journal, says this about the auto industry:
"For any company with a competitive line of products in a business where fixed costs are high and market share tends to shift only gradually, total volume is the most important determinant of profitability."
High fixed costs.  Gradual shifts in market share.  Might that also describe health care?  I think so.

Sure, be seamless, safe, cost-conscious, accountable, value-driven and integrated.  Just make sure your priority list includes business growth.

And remember that the basis for competition in health care is changing, and growth may require pulling different and unfamiliar levers.  Acquiring new skills.  Creating insightful metrics and customer feedback loops.  Identifying emerging value streams and risk assessment methodologies.

Rest assured that when health care has finished yet another round of cathedral-building, generations of leaders will survey their balance sheets and say "Time To Grow."

Contact me if I can help.  (healthcarestrategist@gmail.com)

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