by Vicky Olney | Mar 30, 2018 | Data, Healthcare Trends
As the adage goes: “You can pick your friends, but you can’t pick how many”. Well, doesn’t sound quite right, but turns out it’s very true. It’s not your fault though, it’s just Dunbar’s Number. How many acquaintances can you...
by Vicky Olney | Mar 22, 2018 | Data, Healthcare Trends
If the US is spending 5% more GDP on healthcare than the next highest country, what’s the cause? The findings were fairly conclusive; Administration Costs and Pharmaceuticals are bearing the force. I have this strange drive to at least comprehend ninety-percent of...
by Vicky Olney | Sep 14, 2017 | Data
The first thing you’ll realize as you start reading this: you already know infinitely more about the healthcare industry than I do. I not only admit this freely, but I think it’s an important distinction to be made. Furthermore, it’s one that might make my perspective...
by Vicky Olney | May 9, 2017 | Consulting, Data
I was an intern at the University of Chicago, barely awake after a long night of call in the ICU. As I was presenting a new admission from the prior evening to the attending, he mercifully stopped me in my tracks while I was relaying numbers from the ventilator and...
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