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The winners in any organization think beyond their role. This is especially true in staffing and recruiting. Understanding the impact individuals will make far beyond the “must-have” qualities in the defined job description is paramount.
3 Unconventional Questions for Hiring Leaders in Healthcare
In his classic comic strip "Pogo," artist Walt Kelly came up with a number of classic lines, but the most famous is this one:
Healthcare costs: Whose fault is it anyway?
Organizational consultant and author Joseph Michelli has previously mined the inner workings of a coffee revolution (“The Starbucks Experience,” McGraw-Hill, 2006) and hotel king Ritz-Carlton (“The Gold Standard,” McGraw-Hill, 2008). Now, he’s trained his gaze on healthcare, and the inside view is one we’ve been privileged to witness as well.
Unlocking Success: The Key to Talent in Healthcare
"Healthcare" vs. "health care." What do you think of when you see these terms side by side?
The Impact of Semantics on Healthcare Leadership
As long as she can remember, Joanne Conroy has been a risk taker. But the biggest roll of the dice of her career may have come in 2008, when she resigned as a hospital president to become chief healthcare officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
Leadership Profile: Risk Means Reward for AAMC's Joanne Conroy
The Commonwealth Fund reprints an intriguing article from Congressional Quarterly about how several of the nation's leading healthcare institutions are not planning to participate as accountable care organizations.
ACOs: Change in the wind?
The latest issue of Fast Company magazine has a remarkable story about a turnaround at a public hospital - Alameda County Medical Center in Oakland, Calif. The article seems destined to make the architect of that renaissance, CEO Wright L. Lassiter III, a national figure.
Spotlight on Lassiter: Inspiring Turnaround Stories in Healthcare
The banner headline in the photo at left comes from a recent edition of the Chicago Tribune, where a front-page story on the release of Hospital Acquired Conditions (HAC) data shows how patient safety has breached the walls of the healthcare industry and has become a viral topic of sorts, growing increasingly important to the public at large.
Patient Safety: A Vital Focus for Baylor and Allison