In my last column I wrote about the grand opening of Health City Cayman Islands.  The grand opening of HCCI at the end of February ushered in a new era of hospitals in this century.   Since then HCCI has opened its doors and is performing surgery on its first patients.  It is starting to deliver on the promise of compassionate, lower cost, higher quality health care for humanity.

In that last column I wrote about HCCI and the visionary behind it, Dr. Devi Shetty.  In this column I want to take a look at some …

Perhaps the most significant event in global health care for 2014 occurred on February 25.  This was the day that Health City Cayman Islands had it’s grand opening.  Health City is a new way to think of health care and health care delivery.  It has within it the power to change or at the least openly challenge the way Americans think about hospitals and major surgery.

The visionary behind HCCI is Dr. Devi Shetty.  Dr. Shetty is easily the most famous and transformative surgeon in India and one of the most recognized surgeons in the world.  He …

[This column was first published in the Shift Age Newsletter #27 ]

This is the third and final of columns that look at the forecasts I have made relative to things that might happen through 2013.  As pointed out in the first two columns, the real purpose is to analyze why forecasts were correct and if not why not and what this might mean looking forward.

As stated in the first column:

“..most people, and certainly people who lead institutions and companies, are interested in what will happen six months to five years out as that is what is their primary …