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McIlroy will speak on Tuesday at the Doral about his sudden departure after only nine holes of golf. Everyone is waiting to hear the whole story.
McIlroy has been the leader for the past year, but a stubborn wisdom tooth that wouldn't quit hurting affected him mentally and physically, as he told players Ernie Els and Mark Wilson as he took his clubs and left in the car for his home in Jupiter, Fla.
He later tweeted, "Apologies to all at the Honda. A tough day made impossible by severe tooth pain. Was desperate to defend title but couldn't play on. Gutted."
The 23 year-old phenom had had a lousy morning, with a triple-bogey, a double-bogey and two other bogeys. He even said he was mentally off as he departed the Champion Course at PGA National.
This is a rare and unusual departure for any pro golfer and is covered In the PGA rules, which require a medical excuse for a player to quit a tournament. He realized with little argument from anyone that his play was off, which could well affect the play of his partners.
His rounds thus far had been sporadic at best, a problem which many easily blamed on his equipment change. After playing for Titleist for some time, he recently switched to Nike clubs, which were introduced to a large audience with great fanfare and even strobe lights in Abu Dhabi, the imposing site of the Grand Mosque as a backdrop. At a reported $220 million deal, they better be good clubs.
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she will go on the drivers aweness course!!
Hope this helps!
Daughter's got caught speeding 55 in a 30 (heading out of the village 100yds from the Nat Speed Limit sign - so not a complete looney!)
What sort of damage we looking at (As I'm presuming some of you youngsters might have been caught in similar cirumstances )
Big fine?
How many points?
Banned from driving as only passed here test 18 months ago?
she will go on the drivers aweness course!!
Hope this helps!
I think that speed she will be going to court. Im 90% sure of it, its nearly double the limit.
How long has she been driving? If its under 2 years and they give her 6 points she will need to retake her test.
How do you know she has been caught?
EDIT: Just found this http://www.drivingban.co.uk/drivingb...ing_ban_likely
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Yup, She will be asked if she would like to attend a drivers awareness course... she can accept and complete the course and then that is it (cost £80.00) or/ she can decline and get a fine and 3 points.
Course lasts a total of 4 hours
If you get caught again (in 2-3 years i believe) then you get the 3 points with no option to do a course.
Hope that helps,
I do agree with FN though, that speed might have tipped it over the edge to go to court initially.. and then they decide.
Sounds like a court - if shes knows she been done she should know - if it was an on the spot fine then she will have been given the notice, if the officer is reporting her for the offence... then its court im afraid!
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But really you have to wait and see. How does she know she's been caught, have she received a NIP or was she pulled over.
Normally she'd be offered the option of points on her license or an awareness course, but due to the fact she was almost twice the limit, I'd expect a summons.
Was she stopped by a copper or caught on camera?
Her insurance costs will go through the roof now.
How old is daughter?
Our car insurance is with the Co-Op and the car has a smart box fitted that records it's every move... The policy is aimed at 17-24 year olds. It reduced the insurance costs by 50% and because it's checking up on her, her driving is exemplary. You can see how you're doing by checking an online dashboard. The only downside is that the car is ine and it checks up on me too... so I have to behave as well!
She's 19, was done by mobile van, I received the NTP today as the car owner - almost certain to be summoned.
I believe she will be lucky to get a fine of < £150 and 6 points (Which would make her have to take her test again) or an actual short ban.
I was just wondering if someone had actually been done for this sort of speed limit excess
I got done the very first time I took my car out. I was a learner with a mate as the qualified driver. 45 in a 30 limit and a £5 fine and endorsement. I was in an A35 and I tried to argue that it wouldn't go that fast. MInd you, £5 was nearly a weeks wages then.
Tough on her (you) but I think it will be costly. As elsiegee said, it's the knock on effect as well.
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My missus got caught a few months back. The way she was told was 50% or less above the speed limit and its 3 points and an £80 fine, 51% or over and its 6 points. Double the limit and its an instant ban.
Sucks to be caught hopefully it doesn't knock your daughters confidence as the missus was shaken up after a cop stopped her.
My sister in law now has six points, after passing four months ago.
For the first it was doing 36 in a 30. Why? Her Dad (ex-science teacher - get the bashing in!) told her the sat nav speedo is more accurate than the ONE PLUGGED INTO THE BLOODY WHEELS! So she got done for that.
Last week she jumped a light a second too late in the "Well it's amber so I'll keep going" and it was one of those that takes a nice photo.
I assume she's looking at loosing her nice new license? Worst thing being she's just started her NQT year, at a school 30 miles away!
She's a student in 2nd year at uni so its not the end of the world for her - just means won't be able to borrow the car when she comes home
If she does go to court she might be lucky. A friend of mien got caught doing 110 on the motorway. He had his lenience for 18 months. He went to court and basically begged. They gave him a fine and 5 points and he didnt need to retake his test. It might be worth the day in court....
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You might have imperfections, but unless they involve regularly putting your children and hundreds of strangers in danger, they pale in comparison to this. Yes, texting is tempting, and, yes, it's common. And it's a slippery slope from "Let me just type 'OK' at a stoplight" to "Let me weigh in on Lady Gaga's outfit as I roll toward a stop."
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Although the school follows the semester system for academic purposes, fees are paid on a trimester basis. The tuition is $1, 350 per term which amounts to $4,050 for the entire academic year. At registration, parents or guardians will be required to sign an agreement which delineates the rules and regulations of the school. A non-refundable registration fee of $125 is due upon the signing of the agreement.
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- On November 1, 2011, Dr. H. W. C. Jonas was appointed by the office of the Governor-General of Antigua & Barbuda as a Grand Cross in the Most Precious Order of Princely Heritage (GCH) for his service in the field of education.
- Ms. Nadine Smith completed her Master of Education degree (M.Ed.—Teaching & Learning) at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She completed her course of study with High Distinction and a GPA of 4.0.
Secondary News
- CXC Performance
- We had the Top CXC Student in Antigua and Barbuda in 2009. The student was Ariel Maynard who gained 10 distinctions in the following subject areas – English A & B, Mathematics, Spanish, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Social Studies, Principles of Accounts & Principles of Business.
- In the previous year, 2008, Ariadne Walker gained 10 distinctions.
- We had a 100% pass rate in the 2011 sitting of the examination.
- This past academic year was the 8th year that the Baptist Academy has entered students for the CXC/CSEC examinations.
Secondary News
- CXC Performance
- No one has ever failed English A or Mathematics in all eight years.
- For the past three years, all the students gained a distinction (Grade 1) in English A. In 2009, all the 11 students submitted gained distinctions in Mathematics. In 2010, all the 13 students submitted also gained distinctions in Mathematics; and in 2011 all but 2 students of our 14 submitted gained a Grade 1 in Mathematics with the two earning a Grade 2.
- All 8 students who were submitted for the 2010 CSEC Principles of Accounts Examination received a Grade 1.
Elementary News
- Common Entrance Examinations Performance
- Over 1,600 students wrote the Common Entrance Examinations in Antigua & Barbuda.
- The Baptist Academy submitted 25 candidates.
- Of that number, 21 were in the Top One Hundred.
- This represents the highest number of all the private and public Elementary schools on the island.
- 7 students were in the Top Ten.
- #1 – Akanii Simon, #3 – Shaunna Archibald & Nicholas Thomas, #5 – Dexter Laurence, #8 – Jenee Henry, #9 – Dejaun Harris, #10 – Galair Prevost
School Calendar Highlights
- Annual Sports Day (Secondary & Elementary Divisions) February 10, 2012
- Semester Break (Secondary & Elementary Divisions) February 16 – 17, 2012
- Fun Day (Pre-School Division) February 17, 2012
- Easter Programme
- Lower Elementary & Pre-School - April 3, 2012, Secondary & Upper Elementary – April 5, 2012
- Baptist Academy Steel Ensemble Presentation April 9, 2012
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Our kids have all come up with fundraising stuff and by far the most popular has been a quiz.
I have volunteered to do something in the office to raise money for Comic Relief, i am stuck on what i should do?!?!
Any Ideas?!!
Our kids have all come up with fundraising stuff and by far the most popular has been a quiz.
I was thinking of something more you know more 'funny'!
Umm thinking of doing a sponsored walk in my pyjamas?? Something down that route??
(not on my own - my colleague is up for doing something too!)
See, I normally think of what I want to do before I decide I'm going to do it
Hows about an abseil down the side of the building using nothing but a X metre (replace X with the height of your building) CAT5 cable?
We are being boring at work. Just wearing noses but may have to "loose" mine at the first chnace I get.
We shall be running a scheme using our donate button tomorrow as well as a couple of other ideas.
*what were they again Shaun?*
I think doing the normal commute dessed in a clown outfit or hamming it up as Heidi complete with a toy goat whilst playing it very straight on the bus, train, etc... would probably be a good giggle...
Just pretending you don't know why everyone is staring, etc...
Unfortunately I'm stuffed for ideas this year as I'm working from home tomorrow... times like this I wish I was part of a company rather than self-employed.
Fancy dress here tomorrow....
We have to donate the following in to a pot
£1 If you come in fancy dress
£2 If you come in something red
£3 If you dont take part
Also cakes on sale for £1 as well as a Red Nose Grand Prix day although we have no idea what this is at the moment!
I'll take pictures of the various teams in their costumes and stick them up on here for a laugh!
I'll also try to put a few offers on here tomorrow that will have a donation going to Comic Relief for each product sold
Bring on the madness!
How about... steal everyone's mobile phones and send a couple of texts each to the 66609 (message body must be YES)? £5 donation per text... :P
How about stuffing a red lettuce up your nose...?
Our school don't support Comic Relief.
Something I completely disagree with but what can you do?
We collected pictures of the staff in their younger years and are running a competition for the students to guess who they are.
Might be a bit late for you to organise anything like that now though
Sell kisses, there seems to be quite a few on here who would be willing to purchase after the response you got from sightings on the edugeek webcam at BETT...!!!!!!
wear your clothes backwards, just make sure you can undo them to spend a penny
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As the clock ticks down toward a possible Long Island Rail Road strike that could come as soon as July 20, the MTA on Friday unveiled its plans on how riders on the commuter railroad can get around in case of a walkout.
The MTA agency is releasing the plan as it braces for a possible strike that could severely disrupt the commutes for more than 300,000 riders on the country's largest commuter railroad.
MTA Chairman and CEO Thomas Prendergast and chief spokesman Adam Lisberg said riders will be able to use 4,000 parking spaces at Citi Field and 3,000 parking spaces at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens, where they can make connections to subway lines.
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"These subway lines will be a little more crowded than they otherwise would, but it's a great option to get people into Manhattan into work," Lisberg added.
The MTA says it will also offer free ferry service from Glen Cove, Long Island to the 34th Street pier on the East River. However, those can only carry 1,000 people at a time, and only during the morning rush, so the MTA is urging commuters to work from home, and the agency says it's secured commitments from close to 20,000 workers who say they'll telecommute if there's a strike."
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MTA officials and union leaders met for more than four hours Thursday.
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H.R.875 - Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009
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also, it allows for a "registration fee", that is determined by the administrator. so aside from the additional paperwork required by farmers (which would raise the cost of food) this fee could easily be large enough to keep small operations out of economic feasibility.
you are absolutely right about this being a large manufacturer's lobbyists putting forth a bill.
- mmad_bass09 04/14/2009 10:21am
Anyone with a properly functioning brain would see this as an attempt for government, Monsanto,ADM and Cargill to control your food supply. Or should I say complete their attempts at total of our food and seed supply.
(14) FOOD PRODUCTION FACILITY- The term 'food production facility' means any farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined animal-feeding operation.
This bill reaches down to your back yard – the federal government's jurisdiction does not include your back yard – oppose this bill.
- woodlandbotanical 03/09/2009 10:15am
I think it is very interesting that her husband works for Monsanto. Companies like Monsanto are invading our food and seed supplies. They have successfully obtained patents for GMO seeds and have cornered the market on seed sales. They have sued farmers for harvesting and using seeds from their own corn because it was accidentally cross-pollinated with their varieties. Do we want more regulation on what we can and cannot do with our food.
The last thing we need is another government department that does not do its job. Just because the FDA and several other government department aren't doing their job isn't a good reason to create another one.
Let's put pressure on the existing department to do the job right. Cutting their budges doesn't help either. If we are cutting the current department that are suppose to do the job then how can we create a new one?
If we put a few of these guys like the Peanut plant in GA in jail maybe that would deter other from takig shortcuts and putting bad food on the market.
Let's lock up the white collar crooks and get our country back to doing what is right without big government.
This session of Congress is scurrying like crazy to outlaw the very things people need the most in tough economies: second-hand childrens items, guns, and now locally-grown foods! This is a planned attack on Americans by international corporations, banksters, and elitists who dislike the dirty, family-loving, reproducing, gun-wielding hard-working underclass. Can't you see them rubbing their hands together in glee as they bring us into the Great Depression II and finally gain control of the world. The time to resist is NOW.
- NonSheeple 03/09/2009 1:18pm
This basically allows the government to investigate, search, and patrol your property without s search warrant!! If you resist you get arrested! This will, along with NAIS and a few other recent fascist bills, destroy small farmers and many many livelihoods. Big agriculture(Monsanto) is behind it – it has nothing to do with food safety. This is the material that REVOLUTIONS are made of!!! Unfortunately many innocent people will be killed if this is passed.
"Unfortunately many innocent people will be killed if this is passed."
I'd be interested to see that remark qualified with any but the most elastic of examples. Even if you want to put this down to big business chasing the farmers out of town, it's an enormous stretch to go from there to claiming innocent lives would be lost. How many innocent lives are lost due to food contamination when farmers and food manufacturers don't bother to wipe the bird dung off their front steps?
In recent memory, the USDA hasn't done a good job of protecting people from food safety issues mainly because they tend to happen in large, agribusiness-owned, warehouses where the inspectors are paid by the business being inspected. How are we supposed to believe that this bill is anything less than a sham to give agribusiness MORE control over what we eat? And what about those of us that "opt-out" of corporate food by growing our own or developing relationships with small local farmers? It seems this bill is too far-reaching and bad for Americans. Just at a time when we need more people and small farms in the food business…
The USDA doesn't currently have the power to close factory farms that violate food safety regulations. Check out Kevin's Law. The law has to be changed so that the USDA can actually have the right to close facilities down, otherwise they have no power except to cite the violation. That means factory farms that consistently violate health and worker safety codes can remain open, even with multiple violations.
- gbrooks314 03/10/2009 7:40am
It should also be noted that Rosa DeLauro's biggest contributions come from agribusiness PAC's. She is also friends with Rahm Emanuel, which gives her a direct line to the White House. That, and the fact that this bill has 39 co-sponsors makes it much more likely to pass.
We can't let that happen.
Life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. I believe this bill violates all three. I know what goes into and what comes out of my food. My priority isn't increasing my profit but increasing my quality of life. As my efforts would be classified as a "farm, ranch, orchard, vineyard, aquaculture facility, or confined animal-feeding operation" I would be required to register. The quality of my food is much higher than mass produced for profit food. Small flocks, herds, and farms are not the source of food born disease as they are not overcrowded, fed substandard feed, living in their own filth,and are grown in sustainable and caring environments without unnecessary chemical additives.I don't need the government or corporations usurping my rights, freedoms, and responsibilities. The question is, why don't you want people to be self sufficient, responsible individuals? Is it cutting into someone's profits?
If there's a statistical difference in the number of foodborne illnesses spread by small farms and those spread by larger industry – as there naturally would be – then should we give some credit to the scale of operations? The more people you feed, the more you have the potential to make ill. The FDA has posted its share of letters of warning to small businesses with insufficient storage capacity/conditions, pest infestations, and unintended additives.
- cadaverousmob 03/10/2009 10:44am
This is indubitably and unequivocally the obvious work of Monsanto, ADM, Tyson, FDA, USDA, etc. in order to have complete, despotic control over our food. It's not enough that virtually everything is GMO and filled with toxic, noxious additives, preservatives, pesticides—including insecticides, fungicides, herbicides—but now they want to take away local, family farms—including the one in your own backyard! No to this pork-filled bill!
Please let me know when it's time for the revolution to start so that I can have my gun ready for these insidious a-holes!
- o_zarkman44 03/12/2009 8:50am
This bill is the most draconian, anti property rights, free market control measure I have ever seen. Home gardens, farmers markets and family farms will be subjected to USDA intrusions and assumed expense of requiring inspectors on the property any time food items are handled. This measure is nothing but control on free enterprise and competition, benefits large corporations like Monsanto, Tyson, and Cargill. A key sponsor's husband just happens to work for Monsanto. How convenient!
This is about corporate government contol of food for the benefit of controlling people rather than safety. American food production is the safest in the world.We don't need corporate government "partnerships" taking away our choices to fit their need to control free thinking, self sufficient Americans. Bug off!!
Haven't found a spot yet to read the entire wording of the bill. With luck closer inspection might reveal that it only applies if you're selling the stuff you're growing. Altho I highly doubt it, with a spouse of someone working FOR Monsanto putting the bill forth. I don't know of one single person who's ever gotten sick from eating food they grew themselves or from a small local farm. It's always been from a restaurant or mass produced food, usually from outside of the US. Wont be any goosestepping, but the idea will be the same. Total oppression of a small strong sector of humanity.
- mspitalnik 03/16/2009 6:16am
Personally, I'd like to see more teeth in the regulations and inspections that are already there for the large operations. Not new regulations extending down to the operations that have never been a problem.


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Hi everyone! My name is Kelly Divine. I am 24 years old from Chester, PA but I currently reside in Los Angeles, California. I was born July 3, 1984 and I am the oldest of 7 children. I am currently Single and do not have any children, however I do have a wonderful dog named Chloe whom I love and adore.
My parents were never married and I am actually their only child together. Growing up I always attended Catholic school, yes, I was a good Catholic kid! Once I got to highschool is when things kinda got rough. Something unfortunate happened to my family that pretty much threw us into a sort of downward spiral I guess you could say. It put a lot of stress on us I guess so we started having a lot of problems. I went to live with my father in Wilmington, Delaware and attended an all girl, Catholic high school for my freshman and sophomore years. I got kicked out after my sophomore year and then went to public school for my junior and senior years. During my senior year I moved out of my dad's house because of problems at home and pretty much was on my own so the fact that I made it to school everyday and graduated is something I am proud of.
After high school, I didn't go to college like I should have but instead went to beauty school. I basically made this decision out of haste to spite my dad, way to show him, right? (LOL). After completing cosmetology school and getting my license, I worked in a salon for about 6 months and hated it! Next, I got into sales. I was a super sales woman! I did really well and was paid very well. During this time I also partied really hard. I had money to blow and loved the gay club scene in Philly. I had a fake ID for years that got me into any place I wanted to go. I was kind of a crazy party girl from when I was 16 until I was 20. At 20, I got into a really, really bad drunk driving accident. I almost died! I was in the hospital for weeks and was very lucky not to have killed myself or anyone else. Fortunately, I had earned my lesson.
Soon after this, I met my ex-girlfriend. We were together for about 3 years. She was my best friend. After the accident, I had lost my job and of course she never worked because I took care of her (I'm too nice!). We were broke for a long time but I was always happy. She, of course, was not. With her support I started modeling. I did a lot of internet, lingerie, and swimsuit modeling, but nothing serious that we could live off of.
At that point, I began to work as an internet model, doing webcam shows for a local webcam studio. Webcam actually turned out to be very profitable for me. At that point I really didn't have much interest in making adult films, in fact I could count on one had how many times I had ever seen a porno. It wasn't until I was solicited by an adult talent agent that the thought of doing adult films had even crossed my mind. I turned down the offer many times because I just couldn't grasp the idea of being a porn star. I used to joke with my friends that I'd end up being a porn star since the only thing I thought I was good at was sex! That was a joke though, I never thought at 23 I'd actually be contemplating doing it! My ex though was very money hungry and so she insisted that I give it a shot. So here I am 2 years later ;) I don't have any complaints, I love my job! Its a lot of fun and I get paid which is always good!
Now, I enjoy making adult movies but I also direct adult movies, model and act in the mainstream world. Be on the look out for me cause I'm going places!
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Jon Husted, the Secretary of State in Ohio a Republican in that office and, perforce, a faker of considerable power held a press conference today to explain that there's going to be a whole spiffy new system (!) in place that's going to make it easier for voters in that state to update their home addresses. Why, they can do it online, the same place where all the kidz go to play that Birds game or whatever consarn thing that is. Quoth Mister Secretary:
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Extended hours on nights and weekends that made it easier for nearly 9,000 voters to cast early ballots in the 2008 presidential race at the Hamilton County Board of Elections may not be repeated this year because of Republican opposition. Across Ohio, that is part of a developing pattern in which extra pre-election voting hours may be denied to voters in large urban counties most of which traditionally vote Democratic even as extended hours will be available in some smaller counties with a strong Republican slant... A showdown over the extra voting hours is expected at the Hamilton County Board of Elections next week. If the debate plays out as it has in Ohio's other major urban counties, it likely will result in a 2-2 tie vote by board members, with Democrats in favor of extending voting hours and Republicans opposed. That would place the question before Secretary of State Jon Husted, a Republican who over the past several weeks has consistently sided with GOP elections board members elsewhere in casting tie-breaking votes against extending voting hours during the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 election...< Only in cases where boards' tie votes give him a decisive voice, McClellan added, will Husted move to block extra voting hours. The counties where Husted has joined with other Republicans to deny expanded early voting strongly backed then-candidate Barack Obama in 2008, while most of those where the extra hours will stand heavily supported GOP nominee John McCain.
I mean, honestly, at least the old bosses like Jim Curley used to try to make it look good, or at least they'd wink at you, when they pulled this crap.
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Like the rest of the world, we in health care are reminded daily that we are in the midst of an historic recession-and this time, we have been invited to participate. But unlike the rest of the world, we are also inside the potential unfolding of "interesting times" in the structure and financing of U.S. health care. Although the impact of the recession will likely abate over the next 12 months for much of the economy, the new world of healthcare financing is only beginning.
Whereas prior attempts to transform health care focused primarily on universal coverage, reigning in the cost of health care is front and center in the current debate. Translation: Providers will need to deliver care more effectively at lower costs-period. So while other industries may be able to temporarily adopt a "bunker mentality" to wait out the recession, healthcare leaders clearly need to do the opposite and think about how they will transform with the industry-or be left behind. In short, we are likely entering an era in which transformational rather than incremental leadership is necessary. So what are some of the actions this transformation will require of its leaders?
Although the future holds boundless uncertainty, one thing is clear: We need to deliver health care at lower costs. This is not to suggest a reckless slashing of costs, but unless your organization has undertaken recent initiatives to meaningfully reduce underlying cost structure, you may already be running behind. We have all read the headlines over the past six months. During this recession, many hospitals have been forced to (or been given the political cover to) reduce their fixed costs through organizational restructuring and other measures. Many of the more successful organizations did so preemptively-that is, they reduced costs in anticipation of softening revenues to maintain rather than restore margins.
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Although a deep dive on improving efficiency and reducing cost structure is necessary under almost any likely scenario, it will not be sufficient to create a sustainable healthcare enterprise over the next decade. A move toward "value-based" purchasing in health care is the prevailing theme in healthcare payment trends-with models such as medical home and bundled payments leading the way as serious contenders to address incentives for preventive care, chronic care management, and coordination of care.
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Over the past 20 years in the healthcare industry, one thing has become clear. We have a strong herd mentality. As a herd, sometimes we are buffalo and sometimes we are sheep. Whether it is the rush into primary care employment of the 1990s or the resurgence of physician employment today, we want to assure ourselves that others of our kind are doing, or have successfully done, the same thing. Our herd mentality has been both an advantage for sharing good ideas and an impediment to our ability to radically innovate. It is a natural product of our industry structure. As a national group, no industry shares a stronger bond of common interests and external constraints; yet we compete only at the local or regional level, so unlike many industries, shared experiences across regions are both highly applicable and competitively benign.
The disadvantage of this dynamic is that individual healthcare organizations are less likely to take new risks and try new ideas that may be transformational for them and ultimately the industry. As a result, transformational leaders must struggle all the harder in convincing their colleagues and their boards to try something that has never been done before. This is in sharp contrast to industries in which competitors only survive by making their own products obsolete every year or two. (How old is your mobile phone or handheld device?)
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Maybe by just increasing our awareness of the built-in industry bias for groupthink, we can check ourselves and transform our thinking. So the next time you reflexively ask, "Who else has already done this?", why not ask, "What solutions can we try that no one else has thought of?"
Despite the current pull-back in the general economy and uncertain reform challenges on the horizon, healthcare leaders have to look beyond the pessimism and uncertainty to see a new set of opportunities that are emerging and commit to decisions that will position their organizations favorably.
In an environment where most are taking a "wait-and-see" approach, a differentiating strategy is to "seek and find." This may mean launching a higher number of test initiatives (with minimal initial investments) to probe for opportunities, evaluate their merit, and quickly consolidate gains on those that are successful and flexibly retreat from those that are not. Not all new opportunities will require capital investment or operating subsidies. Many will be new forms of partnerships, particularly given the growing emphasis on coordination of care. Perhaps some of the test funding can go toward "intrapreneurship" programs to encourage individuals at the departmental and staff levels to apply for and test new processes and approaches.
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