I’m mostly a fiction reader, but I have a particular affinity for the strategy and management articles in Harvard Business Review, despite neither attending Harvard (fallback school) nor having a business degree. In their Nov. 8 Harvard Business Review article on not letting purpose get lost in the daily grind, Lisa Earle McLeod and Elizabeth
More hospital system CEOs are taking steps to end a troubling trend in vaccination hesitancy among hospital staff. Most recently, Mayo Clinic President/CEO Gianrico Farrugia, M.D., announced their staff would be required to take the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 17 or fulfill required steps in a "declination process". After more than a decade of investment
Many in health care have known for some time the massive challenges surrounding behavioral health access and the pressure on providers — especially in hospital ERs as families and patients reach points of desperation.The pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges. Nationally, ER wait times for people seeking behavioral health treatment are increasing as are the
For a decade, the EMR has been the metaphorical thorn in the side of everyone who works in the hospital from IT leaders to other c-suite leaders. And of course, you can't ignore the impact on physicians and other staff interacting with the the EMR system. What Illumicare has done to bring value from that
Mobile Smith started making waves for hospitals and health care back when marketing directors around the country were still getting push-back from internal leaders on going mobile. Convinced that patients weren't completely adopting the mobile solution in their health care consumption habits, mobile was at first slow to move in healthcare. However, those marketing leaders
DeltaPath came online with the intent of bypassing clunky antiquated and expensive phone systems, allowing users to engage voiceover IP systems to make overseas connections. Today, it has evolved to address communications systems in a variety of industries. And health care is centerstage as they look at how their technology can being more clarity and
https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=TPMEDIA1801500082 Andy Davidson is a standout among the hospital association executives we've met over the years. Now retired, Andy is working with non-profit organizations on board structures and tying governance activities to mission and vision. Check out more episodes. In a recent episode of the Connected Hospital, a podcast where we usually talk about technology
What we can learn from the Empowered by Parkinson's documentary in this time of COVID-19 It's easy to let fear drive our decisions. We do it when we parent. We do it when we manage our finances. It's part of our makeup. It's part of our being. Before he became known as a biologist embarking
Let's just take a minute here to remember one thing: Hospitals have been in transformation mode for more than a decade as their leaders have been pushed to do more to manage patients through the continuum of care. Hospitals are positioned well to put their communities on solid footing and step up in the crisis.
ground·swell /ˈɡroun(d)ˌswel/ noun a buildup of opinion or feeling in a large section of the population. We launched Groundswell Health earlier this year because we saw a fundamental, and fatal, mistake being made. Whether by hospitals, health systems, ACOs, ASCs or companies selling a health care product or service, leaders are failing to build consumable
