Nick Jacobs

Around the Region
Prevention
I have spent the greater part of my adult life asking a simple question: Why are hospitals the way they ...

Around the Region
For Life?
When I signed up for a health insurance product that promoted itself with the phrase, “for Life,” I felt pretty ...

Around the Region
Four Things Worth Keeping
Several years ago, I became an apostle of Dan Buettner, the man who made the Blue Zones famous. Buettner traveled ...
Patient Care
From Mice to “Men”
Let me open by saying, “I don’t know.” This article may turn out to be either one of those, “You’re ...
Patient Care
Was I in a Coma for the Last 40 Years?
I spent nearly four decades in healthcare leadership. During those years, I recruited physicians of every imaginable specialty: Cardiologists. Neurosurgeons. ...

Around the Region
The Future of Health Care Is Already Here — And It’s Local
For the past two decades, I’ve been looking for the future of health care in the United States. I looked ...

Leadership
The Dormouse was Right: Feed your Head
This morning, I woke up feeling like I shouldn’t bother getting out of bed. My brain felt mushy, my motivation ...






