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Over the holidays, an executive with one of the nation’s largest health systems asked me about our Farr’s Law posts, wondering whether things had turned out as we anticipated. His question was based in part on the media’s incessant coverage of the number of..

Hindsight is 20/15, and in hindsight America’s response to the pandemic could have been better. What matters now is what we can change for the better now. The First Law of Holes, aka The Law of Holes, is this: “If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” The..

Why the most important KPI for every hospital CEO is KYC: Know Your Congressman

2020 has been full of unpleasant surprises, especially for hospitals and healthcare providers. One thing, however, is unfortunately not a surprise: the number of health systems reporting that they have “cut back” or “eliminated” (gasp) their strategy budgets.

In 1840, the British epidemiologist William Farr submitted a letter to the Registrar-General regarding his observations on the causes of death in England and Wales in the year 1838. In his 28-page abstract, Mr. Farr had occasion to observe certain characteristics of..

Writer’s block is terrifying with an approaching deadline, which began to concern me as the deadline for this post approached. Perhaps only in 2020 could a writer be given the gift of two completely unrelated events on the same day: the announcement of Saturday..

Our hometown of Music City is known for what the inestimable Harlan Howard referred to as “three chords and the truth.” Unfortunately, the truth is that no one knows enough about a pandemic that has ravaged the planet for months. At best, the world has “a tiger by..

UPDATED: Farr's Law Applied to COVID-19 Data through August 16

Either Erwin Schrödinger or Arthur Schopenhauer said the following:

In 1840, William Farr submitted a letter to the Registrar-General regarding his observations on the causes of death in England and Wales in the year 1838. In his 28-page abstract, Mr. Farr had occasion to observe certain characteristics of the virulent smallpox..