In This Issue This Time Around Last month, HCOO examined some of the forces driving hospitals and health systems to aquire physician practices, and driving physicians to seek employment. In part 2, we examine why the marriage might work better than it did 15 years ago, during the last wave of hospital aquisitions of physician proactices. Read More... Roadmap to Reform It was Pericles (430 B.C.) who said it best "Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you!" Read More... On the Job Leading Steve Jobs. Indra Nooyi. Rupert Murdoch. Oprah Winfrey. Four effective leaders in their respective industries and careers. All possess similar traits that make them effective leaders. Read More... Coach Em Up All organizations have access to more or less the same rsources. They draw from the same pool of people in their markets or geographic areas. And they can all learn about the latest tools and techniques. Read More... Operating News We summarize 21 news articles regarding hospital operations. Read More...