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Health Futures was founded in 1982 by Jeff Goldsmith. Jeff Goldsmith is one of the nation's foremost health industry analysts, specializing in corporate strategy, trend analysis, health policy and emerging technologies. He has worked across the health system- hospitals, health plans, physician groups, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health manufacturing and distribution sectors- advising senior management and Boards. Health Futures also helps guide venture and private equity investment in emerging technologies. Jeff Goldsmith writes and lectures actively on health policy, financing and technology, both in the United States and overseas. You can find an active archive of his writings and lecture topics in this site.

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New Lecture Topics

Beyond Health Reform: Strategic Implications for Health Insurers and Employers

Strategic Imperatives for Hospitals and Health Systems

Health Reform: What can the US Learn from Other Countries

Changing of the Guard: How the Retirement of Baby Boom Physicians will Affect both the Hospital and Medical Practice


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Jeff Goldsmith on Holy Warriors?

Maureen Dowd is wicked smart.  In her commentary on our problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, she gets right to it:

“We invaded two countries, and allied with a third — all renowned as masters at double-dealing. And, now lured into their mazes, we still don’t have the foggiest idea, shrouded in the fog of wars, how these cultures work. Before we went into Iraq and Afghanistan, both places were famous for warrior cultures. And, indeed, their insurgents are world class.”

“The British Empire prided itself on discovering warrior races in places it conquered — Gurkhas, Sikhs, Pathans, as the Brits called Pashtuns. But why are they warrior cultures only until we need them to be warriors on our side?  Then they’re untrainably lame, even when we spend $25 billion on building up the Afghan military and the National Police Force, dubbed “the gang that couldn’t shoot straight” by Newsweek.”

“Maybe we just can’t train them to fight against each other. But why can’t countries that produce fierce insurgencies produce good standing armies in a reasonable amount of time? Is it just that insurgencies can be more indiscriminate?”

What I’d be asking is:  how important is “country” to tribal folk, vs., say, clan, religion or culture.  http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/28/opinion/28dowd.html?_r=1&hp

 

Date: 07.28.10   Time: 05:22 AM

No!  No!  Tony Hayward, BP’s CEO, was on that Other Yacht!  Try again.


Date: 07.22.10   Time: 02:32 PM

Jeff Goldsmith on Washington: The New Bubble Economy

Jeff Goldsmith on What's In Your Wallet?

Jeff Goldsmith on Your Tax Dollars At Work: Congressional Sex Harassment Settlements!

Jeff Goldsmith on NYTimes Says Rich Leading Mortgage Defaults

Recent Keynote Engagements

  • General Electric Global Research
  • Navy Medicine (BUMED)
  • North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System
  • Drug Information Association
  • Vanguard Health Systems
  • Veterans Health Administration
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Swecare (Swedish Embassy)
  • American College of Radiology
  • International Association of Fire Fighters
  • Health Industry Distributors Association
  • Parkland Hospital
  • Washington State Medical Association
  • Lawrence and Memorial Hospital (CN)
  • Michigan Hospital Association