Bench International

September 2022

Insight by: Steve Martin There have been scores of articles written, and studies conducted, highlighting the statistics around unsuccessful IT outsourcing deals – many establishing the failure rate at well above 50%.  Moreover, if we study the hardest hit industries, healthcare is often cited as one...

Insight by: Tracy Donegan My Chief Information Security Officer recently approached me with a persistent issue he was seeing in the organization. He identified an employee who was going rogue by procuring cloud apps that weren’t thoroughly vetted by IT. The security risk was minor, but...

Insight by: Dave Whelan Can you believe that it has been over 25 years since Jerry Maguire* entered our lives? Cameron Crowe’s renegade sports agent, played brilliantly by Tom Cruise, has been part of our collective consciousness for longer than the average age of an NFL...

Insight by: Mamatha Shekar Medical records have existed in some shape and form for a few centuries since the first hospital in the US, Pennsylvania Hospital, was established in 1751. The health care data is growing exponentially, with data being collected from 7000+ hospitals in the...

Insight by: Debbie Lin The US, historically, has been characterized by vast inequities in health outcomes across socio-economic groups. Poor outcomes across diseases from tuberculosis to cardiovascular disease were found to be associated with basic social infrastructure problems such as poor housing, malnutrition and poor education...

Insight by: Jon Warner Greater data connectivity, interoperability and increasing consumer engagement are key elements that are expected to shape the future of health. Within the next 10-15 years, the consumer—rather than health plans or providers—will determine when, where, and with whom he or she engages...

Interview with Linda Sierra You work in two of the three top biotech markets in the U.S.; what trends are you seeing in San Diego and San Francisco? There is no debate it is a turbulent time in life science. Most CEOs are afraid they won't be...

Insight by: Tracy Donegan Prior to the pandemic, a two-hour commute plus a ten-hour workday seemed easily manageable with time to spare for dinner and a movie. In today's hybrid work environment, I anxiously wait for the end of the workday, not to eat, but to...

Insight by: Dave Whelan I often start talks by reminding the audience that I am neither a scientist nor a physician (and I can’t even play one on TV). That said, I continue, one of my gifts is the ability to help connect, translate, and even...