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Primary Care Without Permission

Primary Care Without Permission

For decades, primary care has been the gatekeeper of American medicine. Now, it is at an inflection point.
Mike Eaton 07 Nov 2025
When the Market Doesn’t Reward Health

When the Market Doesn’t Reward Health

Until profit follows health, reform will remain a moral aspiration constrained by economic design. The question isn’t whether we can improve population health. It’s whether we are finally willing to create a market that pays us to do it.
Mike Eaton 06 Nov 2025
Faster, Smarter, Simpler

Faster, Smarter, Simpler

Too often, we optimize what isn’t actually broken or spend years fixing symptoms instead of reframing the real problem. The hardest problems in healthcare often persist not because they’re unsolvable but because we’re looking at them the wrong way.
Mike Eaton 29 Oct 2025
VBC Capital Efficiency

VBC Capital Efficiency

In an environment where financial margins are tight, labor is constrained, and value-based expectations are rising, capital efficiency defines an organization’s ability to stay competitive. It is about achieving the greatest measurable impact with the least investment, in the shortest time.
Mike Eaton 05 Jul 2025
Leader's Toolkit: Challenging the Anchor

Leader's Toolkit: Challenging the Anchor

Health system leaders need to see that there is no longer safety in the middle. Strategy must evolve from incremental optimization to intentional provocation. Six steps for learning from the fringe and five tools for leaders.
Mike Eaton 03 Jul 2025
When Alarms Ring

When Alarms Ring

Mike Eaton 29 Jun 2025
Progress Over Process

Progress Over Process

Mike Eaton 28 Jun 2025

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