Comments on: Readers Write 10/1/08

By: ITRN

ITRN — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:48:19 +0000

I agree with the comment about consulting. It will be more palatable to put someone on short term to meet organizational needs rather than hire people and provide a reasonable salary & benefits. Especially true with the hiring freezes that are already in place in many areas. I have recently moved into the consulting world from the vendor world. The vendor I came from was downsizing. Go figure. This financial crisis makes my recent move even a better choice.

By: Al Borges, MD

Al Borges, MD — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:04:28 +0000

Well done!

By: doc buffett

doc buffett — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:58:39 +0000

Here’s a thought. While we’re in the downturn, let’s take a page from Warren Buffet, be contrarian, invest in technology, clinical solutions, operational change and other workflow improvements known to provide long-term value instead of trying to prove we can beat out eight other vendors to a better bottomline or meet unattainable hospital revenue targets set when we thought the world was flat. My advice, jump on the opportunity now to invest in change rather than running with the pack and proving to the suits you too can manage expenses (that’s actually the easiest thing to do). After the markets turn, budgets will be flat, revenue expectations higher and expenses will need to be lower. It is not logical, it is not reasonable and it is cruel… you should take advantage of it.