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Can our Board be better? A few considerations
The best healthcare boards are dedicated to the success of the organizations and communities they serve, have a sincere hunger to stay up-to-date and informed about industry standards and stay curious about emerging trends. Board members have to be well educated on...
Are hospitals and provider health systems where innovation goes to die? The Subtlety of Influence and Partnering for Innovation
Politicians, businessmen, and even housewives ask the questions: “Why is healthcare so complicated? Why can’t it be simpler?” They even demand: “I need care, tell me the price, and don’t make me wait so long.” Amazon knows me as a member of Prime and maintains my...
The Path to Better U.S. Health Care must have room for ‘All of US’
In recent weeks Democratic candidates seeking the party’s nomination have given their preferences about how to reform U.S. health care. My experience in over 30 years of community hospital leadership led me to agree with the comments of John Delaney that...
Formula for a successful career transition
Being unemployed is not a comfortable feeling. Not only does it disrupt your carefully laid out routine and impact your lifestyle, but it also makes you question your abilities. But the “why” of your transition is something that you must strive to move beyond. You...
The Pursuit of Balance
Long term success in life is rarely achieved by perpetual crisis management and the ability to work around the clock to meet a deadline…not that great leaders and successful individuals don’t have that ability and need to deploy it from time to time! One of the keys...
Turning your wiz bang digital solution into reality through effective implementation
In this episode on helping digital startups sell their solutions, I want to focus on the issue of implementation. It is certainly important to have a wiz bang digital solution. Equally important is how to implement the solution and manage the changes it causes. All...
Turning your wiz bang digital solution into reality through effective implementation
Clearing Healthcare Hurdles and Building a Client Base
In my last blog post I discussed the challenges digital health startups face when trying to sell to hospitals and health systems. In this post I suggest some ways to overcome the hurdles and succeed in building a client base. Startups need to be realistic about where...
Selling to digital to a hospital? Think like the CEO
The pathway to success for digital health startups is challenging. Hospitals are often looked at as the point of entry for digital startups. Trying to work with large hospitals can pose challenges for early stage start-ups for several reasons: 1) Hospitals often are a...
Lessons from Global Health Development: Insights from Four Change Models
This is Part 3B of this three-part series. Part 3A briefly reviewed four change methods. This Part 3B compares them to elicit insights. Motivational Interviewing, Kotter’s 8-Step Model, Baldrige Communities of Excellence, and SEED-SCALE, reviewed in Part 3A, were...
Good Operations is Good Strategy
Good operations is good strategy. Operational excellence. Blocking and tackling. Within health systems, the ongoing importance of good operations should be highlighted as a foundational element of every strategic plan. Good operations is a “no lose” strategy that...
Joy in Leaders = Joy in Work
Focusing on joy, especially in work, is gaining momentum. It has my attention! It is clear to me that the mindset and habits are exactly what great leaders have and do and what developing leaders should concentrate on. It is very tempting for any leader, especially...
Lessons from Global Health Development: Harnessing Methods of Change
This is Part 3A of this three-part series. Read part 2. This Part 3A briefly reviews four change methods and Part 3B will compare them “I have no idea how to change anyone. But I carry around a long list of people in case I ever figure out how.” - Anonymous Eliminate...
Hats off to the standalone hospital CEO Why I find Rural/Small/Stand-Alone-Hospital CEOs so Impressive.
“Stand alone” hospital presidents provide a great deal to admire. I was the lead in a recent strategic retreat and the CEO was incredibly impressive as I watched her interact with her board, her physician leadership and her administrative team. Once again it rekindled...
Influencing Your Team: 10 Leadership Traits that Drive the Ability to Influence Teams
All leaders will openly admit that they could not do their job without their team. However, as humans, I’d bet that most of them, in a moment of frustration, have thought “it would be easier if I just did it myself.” Why? Because influencing people is a gradual...
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