Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Nov 25, 2009, 7:40 pm
One of Johnny Carson’s funniest ongoing “bits” (He was the guy who was on the Tonight Show before Jay Leno) was that of Carnac the Magnificent.   Carnac was a psychic with a ...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Nov 21, 2009, 11:12 am
One of the sometimes-challenging realities of Thanksgiving is that it forces us to look into the microscope of our personal time here on earth and acknowledge the change that will always be a part o...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Nov 12, 2009, 8:34 pm
One of my many college roommates, Mark, graduated with a perfect, straight-A GPA.  In those days the grade point average indicating perfection was a 4.0.  He worked harder than anyone I had ever kn...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Nov 8, 2009, 10:28 am
Why Healing Hospitals?  Transparency.  Human Dignity.  Patient Advocacy. All of these represent a new way of administering health care in this country.  Our industrialized model of care in the mi...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Oct 30, 2009, 7:19 pm
As I was moving some books around today, I noticed a piece of paper that had fallen out of an old notebook, the paper was titled, growth. Although the year does not stand out in my memory, the circums...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Oct 18, 2009, 3:09 pm
For the past several months, I have been searching for a new blog title.  Nick’s Blog, nickjacobs.org, Ask A Hospital President.com, Taking the Hell out of Healthcare . . . none of them really ...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Oct 12, 2009, 3:05 pm
The warrior in the picture is my buddy and grandson, Jude. He is about to go to war for candy. It’s his Halloween costume, but a fitting example of a warrior, and one that works well for the top...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Oct 4, 2009, 10:48 am
Those who have worked with me know that I have been unequivocally one of the most loyal supporters of the Planetree Philosophy of care in the world. My former place of employment was the third Planet...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Sep 25, 2009, 10:18 pm
The time has come to realize that the old habits, the old arguments, are irrelevant to the challenges faced by our people. They lead nations to act in opposition to the very goals that they claim to p...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Sep 21, 2009, 6:05 pm
Over the years it has been my aspiration to try very hard to help you laugh, and, regardless of the depth of the topic, I’ve always looked to find humor somewhere in the message. For example, potty ...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Sep 12, 2009, 2:36 am
President Obama’s eloquent address to Congress on his proposed changes to the U.S. healthcare system was fraught with ambiguous issues that will certainly provide a feeding frenzy for opponents. Wh...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Sep 4, 2009, 4:03 pm
About two years ago, I had a call from my local bank asking if I had purchased a washer and dryer… in Barcelona, Spain. Somewhere, someone had gained access to my credit card number, and used it...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Aug 28, 2009, 11:43 pm
As a hospital CEO, one of the greatest challenges that I faced was that of resource allocation. Because my personal goals included making our organization: A facility that became recognized for its v...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Aug 22, 2009, 2:57 pm
Let me be the first to admit that I was and am all about change. Change has been the only consistent thing in my life.  Today, however, when the deficit projection was revealed to be nine trillion do...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Aug 13, 2009, 9:35 am

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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Aug 9, 2009, 4:23 pm
Since stepping back from my CEO role, I have had time to reflect upon the toll that a position like that can take on any individual regardless of the thickness of their epidermis. I have come to reali...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Jul 25, 2009, 10:07 am
Okay, so if you are in healthcare administration and you have any interest in what’s going on in my world, just take a quick read of this descriptive list of services from various organizationsÂ...
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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Jul 19, 2009, 12:58 pm

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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Jul 8, 2009, 8:28 am

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Nick J. posted an article on Ask a Hospital President - Jul 3, 2009, 11:06 am
Recently, my youngest child —a wife and mom in her 30’s,  got a new job that came with a company cell phone, a Blackberry. The problem was that she had a “Friends and Family” c...
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