Leifer Group

09/03/2020

Finishing up several major assignments, and interested in new, challenging consulting opportunities -- particularly within the four-state region.

TO LEARN MORE about the Leifer Group, please visit: www.leifer.com

06/03/2020

Please be sure to visit both our consulting website at: www.leifer.com as well as our author's site at: www.johnleifer.com

The official website of John Leifer, author of the novels Terminal & 8 Seconds to Midnight, as well as non-fiction titles After You Hear It’s Cancer & The Myths of Modern Medicine

01/21/2020

Is There a Primary Care Physician Shortage...or, rather, is it only the appearance of shortage caused by the tremendous waste of valuable providers' time spent "...tethered to the EHR" (electronic health record)?

According to a study conducted by the American Academy of Family Physicians, primary care physicians spend 5.9 hours per workday immersed in the EHR. That means staring at a computer screen rather than talking to patients. Other studies have show that 44% of this time is spent on administrative tasks...not improving clinical care or patient communication.

And we wonder why it is hard to schedule an appointment with our doctor!

If that's not enough reason for us to take a hard look at the role of EHRs in health care, also consider the fact that numerous researchers have pointed to them as the single, greatest cause of physician burnout.

Your physician doesn't want to be immersed in the computer...he or she wants to be immersed in taking care of you. Let's find a way to help them make that happen.

11/30/2019

20 years ago, the American Hospital Association invited a handful of "visionaries" to expound on the future of health care.
20 years later, it is worth looking back, and then asking if health care is evolving or devolving:

November 30, 2019: John Leifer posted on LinkedIn

11/27/2019

Why Doesn't the Health Care Industry Embrace Change?

Change requires vision, courage, and integrity. It means putting the needs of our patients ahead of excessive profits and/or personal interests. Is that why we are so change-resistant as an industry?

"Change resistant?" you ask. ABSOLUTELY!

Here were some observations I made nearly 30 years ago. How far have we really come in addressing these issues?

"There has been a glaring lack of visionary leadership in health care. Health care organizations have blinded themselves to the ultimate social and economic repercussions of many of the actions they've undertaken to safeguard reimbursement." -- Leifer Report Spring 1992

"Providers must begin to think in terms of value -- a concept heretofore alien to the health care industry. Value...can be defined as a function of cost-effectiveness, demonstrable efficacy, optimal clinical outcomes, positive patient experiences, and accessibility." -- Leifer Report Spring 1993

"Costs are escalating at an alarming rate, but there seems to be no direct relationship between cost and quality." Leifer Report Fall 1992

It's far past time for real change in health care!

12/12/2018

The Leifer Group is working on the production of a video series designed to help people become Empowered Consumers of Health Care. You can learn more about the series through this intro video:
https://youtu.be/SkJpIif0IaU

10/26/2018

IT's FINALLY HERE! The new Leifer Group web-site...and we would love your feedback: www.leifer.com

10/26/2018

THE NEW LEIFER GROUP WEB-SITE IS UP & RUNNING! www.leifer.com

09/02/2018

While leifer.com is still under construction, please be sure to visit: www.johnleifer.com for information on both my health care and fiction books.

The official website of John Leifer, author of the novels Terminal & 8 Seconds to Midnight, as well as non-fiction titles After You Hear It’s Cancer & The Myths of Modern Medicine

08/09/2018

The Leifer Group will be launching a new web-site shortly...and we will invite your feedback!

07/06/2018

New web-site coming soon!