Paul Fogel is the President of Executive Information Systems, Inc. The firm produces a financial reporting and forecasting system for hospitals and offers services in productivity improvement, benchmarking, operations analysis, feasibility studies, and business planning. Mr. Fogel offers a unique perspective gained from working in more than 50 hospitals. Mr. Fogel wrote the feature article for the August 2000 issue of Healthcare Financial Management magazine titled "Achieving Superior Productivity." The Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA) also hired him to conduct a workshop cal...