December 2009
6 posts
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My doctor needs a doctor!
Even before talk turned into action in Washington regarding changing healthcare, physician-owned medical practices and hospitals have seen a steady decline in revenue and profitability. On top of this, physician income continues to decline year after year.
This article well illustrates what is happening in the hospital setting. Please also note the reference to doctors being laid off.
A huge...
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Making seminars more successful
No doubt you have partaken in a lunch offering provided at a conference that you have attended. In my experience, the food provided is either very good, or very bad. While I could offer my thoughts on that aspect, instead I want to provide advice to those who sponsor seminars.
Lately my wife has attended many educational events. One challenge that she has faced is that she is unable to eat the...
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Business 101 →
I do not normally cross-post blog entries between my companies, but, I believe that this one from Confidential Counselor is worth your time to read.
The other side of this story is that when the economy recovers, and it will, what long term damage will be done to these companies who were so short-sided to businesses and consumers during the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression...
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No credit, no jobs
In every poll that Powerfeedback has conducted of small businesses, a consistent factor in avoiding layoffs and not being able to expand is a lack of credit.
This New York Time’s article is a worthy read. Even Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, recognizes this and is urging the administration to take action. While Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner says that the Federal Government will not...
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CMO’s say 2010 good to go
Over the last two years we have seen an unprecedented retraction in spending on marketing and market research initiatives. As a result of this short-sided decision making, we have seen companies continues to lose ground, sacrifice ingenuity. and limit growth.
I was thrilled to see this report that 58% of CMO’s polled in this survey are projecting a significant upswing in spending in 2010 and...
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Improving healthcare TODAY
As I have mentioned before, Powerfeedback is working on a new healthcare initiative that is simply amazing.
Our chief goal is to help improve patient care, and as a result of that, make healthcare practices much more successful.
In addition to our own already well-established and noteworthy team, we have enlisted an impressive array of partners to work with us on this offering. Our group...