An updated collection of short essays written by Ian Morrison for Hospitals and Health Networks magazine and its online editions. The essays tell important stories that address the current environment and are organized around overarching themes on how to build viable systems in health care finance and delivery. Fans of Ian s incisive Scottish wit will enjoy having these new, updated thoughts and insights in a portable and accessible format. New readers will find his analysis entertaining, irreverent, thoughtful and inspiring.
Ian Morrison is an internationally known author, consultant, and futurist specializing in long-term forecasting and planning, with a particular emphasis on health care and the changing business environment. He combines research and consulting skills with humor to help public and private organizations plan their longerterm future. Morrison has written, lectured, and consulted on a wide variety of forecasting, strategy, and health care topics for government, industry, and nonprofit organizations in North America, Europe, and Asia. He holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in urban studies from the University of British Columbia; an M.A. in geography from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; and a graduate degree in urban planning from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.