Huntington Beach, CA – December 6, 2023 – Four exceptional companies were honored at the 26th Innovations in Healthcare Awards Event, held virtually on December 6, 2023. Presented by the Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization, this Event and its Awards recognize and celebrate Healthcare Industry Leaders and......
Date: December 15, 2022
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Mimi Grant recently participated in the Living Longer Festival: Health + Wellness 2050, held at the Smithsonian’s Arts & Industries Building on the National Mall. Following, Mimi shares a brief photo journal, with captions, of her incredible experience. In 1879, the “National Museum” –......
Mimi shares how embracing new processes, tools, and approaches – including a National Patient Safety Board – could dramatically reduce hundreds of thousands of lives lost each year when harm IS done in the hospital. Video Transcript: Since to Err Is Still Human, Healthcare Could......
Medical Errors Cause ~250,000 Deaths a Year in the U.S. When the seminal Institute of Medicine’s report “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System” was released over 20 years ago, the nation was shocked to learn that 98,000 patients die in the hospital......
One of the hottest sub-topics to emerge in recent weeks in the “Return to Work” discourse is “remote worker pay cuts,” specifically those proposed by Google that vary by urban, suburban, and more rural locales. They kind of remind me of that World War I......
Last Wednesday, Oli Thordarson, CEO of Alvaka Networks – and ABL Organization Member for nearly 26 years, headed an all-star cast of cyber-defenders who presented “Defending Yourself and Your Company from Cyberattacks.” As Bob Rose, President of MedWand Solutions, enthused afterwards, it was “One of......
ABL President Mimi Grant’s foreword: In Can you be an adaptive business leader?, Dave Berkus – a successful entrepreneur, CEO, angel investor, and more – explains his choice to participate in ABL Organization, and shares several specific ways the insights garnered there have helped him......
Last week Microsoft announced they’re making their second largest acquisition ever (after the purchase of LinkedIn in 2016). In fact, they’re willing to spend a total of $19.7 billion to purchase a key player in the healthcare information arena: Nuance Communications. For over 20 years,......
Long after the pandemic is behind us, do you anticipate you’ll only be meeting with groups of your off-site business associates in person – or virtually? What about with your friends and family – who don’t live nearby? Will you choose to watch first-run films......
With over 200 early-stage investments under his belt, Tech Coast Angels’ Chairman Emeritus, and the chair of ABL’s Technology Board of Advisors, Dave Berkus knows a thing or three about what it takes to develop a successful new product. And, hint: it’s not done in......
For weeks we’ve all seen the signs, stickers, and landing pages telling us to “VOTE!” Well, it looks like America got the message – as of Wednesday night, while vote counting continued in many states, NBC News had already projected that “at least 159.8 million......
For years, the “future of work” has been on the horizon. And discussed and projected by august groups, like the World Economic Forum, who promoted skills like technology use, monitoring and control, and technology design and programming. But, who knew, we were just one pandemic......
Even though Dave Berkus (pictured at right) has been an ABL Technology Member for nearly 32 years, he’s well-known to many of ABL’s Healthcare Members for his awe-inspiring financial accumen and success as a serial entreprenuer and investor in – and advisor to – over 200 startups. He’s also......
In this video, Mimi shares the 3 questions your brand’s narrative should answer, and how ABL’s narrative does: “ABL helps technology and healthcare leaders grow great companies so they can improve the world with their technology products and healthcare services.” COMPLETE VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: Have......
PART 5 OF MIMI’S 5-PART BLOG SERIES ON “THE 4 TOP ACCELERATORS OF HEALTHCARE’S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION” READ PART 1. READ PART 2. READ PART 3. READ PART 4. A final – but certainly not least important – area covered by Becker’s Health IT “20 bold......
PART 4 OF MIMI’S 5-PART BLOG SERIES ON “THE 4 TOP ACCELERATORS OF HEALTHCARE’S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION” READ PART 1. READ PART 2. READ PART 3. The role of INNOVATIVE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY – beyond AI – was not forgotten in Becker’s Health IT “20 bold predictions......
This is PART 3 of Mimi’s 5-Part Blog Series on “The 4 Top Accelerators of Healthcare’s Digital Transformation” Click Here to Read PART 1. Click Here to Read PART 2. A second major theme revealed by the Health IT sages interviewed for Becker’s Health IT......
Last Friday, Becker’s Health IT Report published the responses from 20 of the nation’s top healthcare chief information and innovation officers on their “bold predictions for health IT in the next 5 years.” It was an illuminating report, capped by Mayo Clinic Platform President John......
Earlier today, as I previewed materials provided by Kim Darling, CEO of Competitive Healthcare (pictured at right) and an expert on all things Telehealth related, I was struck by the astounding growth in behavioral health costs – even before COVID-19, and how they’ve mushroomed since.......
July 31, 2020: For months now, news of virtually any other disease has been blown off the headlines – including this new approach, from Grail of Silicon Valley, for diagnosing cancer in its earliest stages, which could dramatically improve – and lengthen – our lives...
Particularly because California and the Bay Area each reported nearly 75% increases in daily cases of COVID-19 in June compared to May, virtually any other healthcare story has been blown off the pages of medical news. Yet, while we’ve been busy sheltering at home, a major......
Guest Post by Oli Thordarson, President/CEO of Alvaka Networks; Intro by Mimi Grant Mimi’s Intro: Last Tuesday, I spotted an article headlined, “Red Cross Urges Halt to Cyberattacks on Healthcare Sector Amid COVID-19.” Must admit, my suspicious genes came to attention based on what I’ve......
Mimi shares “Best Practices for Telecommuting for High Productivity WFH,” from ABL/Tech Members Adam Miller, CEO of Cornerstone; Dave Berkus, investor in 200+ SoCal tech companies; and Chris Dyer, CEO of PeopleG2. Check out Cares.csod.com...
Attending JP Morgan Week is like being caught in a blizzard – a blizzard of information, connections, and impressions. With literally hundreds of concurrent presentations and meetups, and scores of receptions – all compressed into four long days, the intellectual bombardment is nearly overwhelming. So as the final session I attended......
‘Twas the 13th of January, when all through the City Not a room could be found for the usual kitty. Luring VCs, and PEs, and I-Bankers, too JP Morgan’s Health Conf’rence is quite the to-do. Armani and Gucci’s the dress code for four days, Plus,......
Adaptive Business Leaders Applauds Network’s Commitment to Sustaining Local, Nonprofit Hospice Care San Diego, CA 92025 – WEBWIRE – Thursday, December 12, 2019 Michael Milward, CEO of Hospice of Santa Cruz County and a founding member of California Hospice Network (CHN), accepted the Adaptive Business Leaders’ “Innovator......
There’s a living example of the SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH playing out on the streets of Downtown LA. Mimi shares here at least partial solutions – from New York and Silicon Valley – that could make a dramatic difference in LA....
CONGRATS to ALL of the Northern California ABBY Award Finalists & Winner! At the Event, held in San Francisco on December 12th, five exceptional healthcare companies competed for this year’s Northern California ABBY Award, in recognition and celebration of their organizations’ innovative technologies and approaches......
CONGRATS to ALL of the Southern California ABBY Award Finalists & Winner! At the Event, held in Long Beach on December 5th, five exceptional healthcare companies competed for this year’s Southern California ABBY Award, in recognition and celebration of their organizations’ innovative technologies and approaches that are dramatically reducing......
November 14, 2018: Five of healthcare’s most innovative companies have been selected as Finalists to present their approaches, medical devices, health IT, digital health, and diagnostic solutions at ABL Organization’s 19th Innovations in Healthcare(TM) ABBY Awards Event, to be held on December 5, 2018, in......
Mimi Grant vlogs about the major Takeaways from the Midterms for the healthcare industry and introduces the five Finalists for the 20th Innovations in Healthcare ABBY Awards (to be held in San Francisco on December 12th) – all of which have approaches and technologies geared......
November 14, 2018: Five of healthcare’s most innovative companies have been selected as Finalists to present their approaches, medical devices, health IT, digital health, and diagnostic solutions, at ABL Organization’s 20th Innovations in Healthcare(TM) ABBY Awards Event, to be held on December 12, 2018, in......
Concluding her examination of some of the best ways to enhance a corporate culture, in this vlog Mimi explores the final three “pillars”among Chris Dyer’s “7 Pillars of Company Culture” – transparency, measurement, and acknowledgement. by Mimi Grant, President, Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization ...
Building on a strong foundation, Mimi gives examples of how four of the “7 Pillars of Company Culture” – positivity, uniqueness, listening, and mistakes – help improve a company’s productivity, performance, and profit. by Mimi Grant, President, Adaptive Business Leaders (ABL) Organization – Round Tables and Events......
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the importance of a company’s culture – based on a foundation of values, mission, vision, and even taglines. My principle source was Chris Dyer, ABL Member and bestselling author of The Power of Company Culture. With this......
In this vlog, “Professional Networker” Mimi Grant shares her “5 Golden Rules” for making the most out of attending any networking event – be it a seminar, conference, trade show, mixer, or even executive Round Table!...
‘Twas the second week of Jan’ry, when all through the City Not a room could be found for the usual kitty. Luring VCs, and PEs, and I-Bankers, too The JP Morgan Healthcare Conference is quite the to-do. Armani and Gucci’s the dress code for......