In This Issue A Raw Deal for Everyone What is your pain tolerance level? Suppliers are asking that of themselves and of you. Read More... Big Picture, Small Details Many of the most brilliant and capable minds in business are anything but successful - some even end up having serious financial problems. It's not that they don't work hard. In many cases they work too hard. The problem is they fail to manage the fruits of their labors effectively and let their profits slip away. Read More... Top of the Class The Leapfrog Group, a voluntary group of organizations in healthcare recognizing gains in healthcare safety, quality and customer value, named 26 hospitals and seven children's hospitals to its 2008 Top Hospitals, based on results of a hospital survey.Read More... It Ain't Over, Til it's Over You're pumped. The presentation you just gave was received very well. You really won the audience over. Loud applause is coming from all directions. Read More... Major Market Spotlight We review the New Orleans, LA MSA, including geographical coverage, population demographics, top IDNs, hospitals, Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing, and news. Read More... The Gorilla in the Room I recently attended a one-day conference in Chicago sponsored by Medline Industries called "Prevention Above All." Focused on patient safety, the conference anticipated the government's policy (effective Oct 1) of refusing to reimburse hospitals for 10 so-called "never events". Read More... Going Mobile VA deploying mobile conseling centers to reach veterans. Read More... Operating News We summarize 20 news articles regarding hospital operations. Read More...