Jessica Apel

I placed a post in Facebook asking who the main purchasers were in U.S. healthcare. In every other industry, the main driver of commerce is the customer. If your customers see value in the product you tend to be successful. In most cases the customer, (purchaser) is the user of the product.

Who is the customer in healthcare: patients, patient’s…[Read more]

Do you have an idea of the cost of care that you order for your patients?  Do you have any idea of the cost of the medications you order?  Is cost an issue as you see patients?

The importance of mentoring can’t be emphasized enough.  I never had the benefit of a formal mentoring relationship in any of the jobs I had.  What is you feeling on the subject?  Have you ever participated in a formal mentoring program?  What was the experience?  I would like to share the following experience of a colleague.

The local hosp…[Read more]