by Tony Chen

There's been some good conversations going on here at hospital impact and across the healthcare blogosphere right now:
- I continue to get comments on the "If Disney Ran Your Hospital" series, including a recent comment from Fred Lee, the author, and Chris, someone who helped published the book. Though there was some criticism about the book, a lot of people have benefited from it. I've heard that 60,000+ copies have been sold.
- Nick's post on the Passive Aggressive Organization really seem to hit a nerve with a lot of people, in and outside of healthcare.
- My recent post of Private Equity and M&A in Healthcare has generated some very interested discussion. One asset manager has chimed in on the real reason for LBO: to hide their fraudelent ways.
- There are some excellent comments in the recent post about healthcare 2.0. You know a concept has finally arrived when there's a conference around it - check it out, our friend Matthew Holt is helping to put it together. Check out the ScienceRoll blog that covers a lot of interesting health 2.0 concepts, including tons of screenshots from Second Life.
- The World Healthcare Blog has put up 20 posts in the last 48 hours. Check out the podcasts from Michael Porter, WalMart, Google, and tons of others.