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Susan Wynne Co-authors Article on Urgent Care Trends
By Richard Wells |
Susan Wynne of The Wellynn Group has co-authored an article for the Journal of Lancaster General Hospital on recent trends in urgent care demand and use. Susan contributed to the article in her former role as senior vice president for Business Development at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. Urgent care facilities have grown quickly in…
Read More New York to Amazon: Drop Dead
By Richard Wells |
The stunning news that Amazon has abandoned its effort to locate one of two new headquarters in New York City has been met with derision by some and joy by others. The former can’t believe any city would turn down the future jobs and tax revenue represented by the new HQ. The latter can’t believe…
Read More Susan Wynne joins The Wellynn Group full time
By Richard Wells |
The Wellynn Group is pleased to announce that Susan Wynne, co-founder of the firm in 2007, is now devoting herself full time to consulting after completing her role as senior Vice President for Business Development at Penn Medicine LG Health. Susan’s addition to The Wellynn Group helps to enhance our service offering for clients. She…
Read More Henry Ford is Laughing at Jeff Bezos
By Richard Wells |
In 1914, Henry Ford rocked the business world—and set the direction for the growth of the American Middle Class—when he announced that he would pay his factory workers $5 per day. This represented more than twice what Ford workers had been getting and it made headlines around the country. Similar, in fact, to the headlines…
Read More Can we drop the fantasy about online “conversations?”
By Richard Wells |
If you ever want to despair for humanity (leaving aside the usual war, famine, mass shootings, and environmental degradation), spend five minutes perusing the comments posted by some readers of Philly.com, the internet platform for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. You’d be hard pressed to find a more depressing collection of ignorance, invective, and…
Read More Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan Dive into Healthcare
By Richard Wells |
The announcement that Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JP Morgan intend to “disrupt” healthcare has rightly made headlines, with some commentators positively gleeful at the prospect that these successful and innovative companies will do something–anything!–to upend our nation’s sclerotic and expensive healthcare system. The key phrase in their joint statement is that they intend to pursue ideas “free…
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