8. “We have the expertise to go in and educate legislatures to do the right things for our kids. You can educate legislative bodies and they will do the right thing.”
Ronald DePinho, MD, president of University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, on the institution’s Moon Shots Program, which includes policy analysts, curriculum developers, nurse scientists, community-based navigators, mHealth professionals and others who link cancer research to public policy, education and community services.
9. “Detroit has gone through incredibly difficult times, with bankruptcy and a 30 percent drop in the population. We have to constantly think about how to drive strategy to grow an organization that’s not in a market that’s growing.”
Nancy M. Schlichting, CEO of Henry Ford Health System in Detroit
10. “Yes, that will reduce hospital admissions, but that is our long-term goal. It’s especially counterintuitive to hospital executives. Once hospitals were revenue centers, and now they are cost centers.”
Michael Rowan, president of health system delivery and COO of Catholic Health Initiatives, on the system’s population health strategy.
11. “In the past I wasn’t involved in many of the quality and infection control meetings, but with readmissions impacting reimbursement I had to get involved.”
Pamela Hess, CFO of Saint Thomas Midtown and Saint Thomas West hospitals in Nashville, Tenn.
12. “It requires a combination of efforts. I’m incredibly optimistic, but I worry sometimes that it can’t be a regulatory thing, it can’t be a huge financial hit and it can’t just be us.”
Larry Goodman, MD, CEO of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and president of Rush University, on population health management.
13. “I would just reiterate: Communicate, communicate, communicate. It’s about the people and it’s about relationships. We cannot forget that.”
Joel Allison, CEO of Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas
14. “Now more than ever do we need all hands on deck. Physicians, social workers, nurses and case managers are all needed to make sure the care continuum is addressed.”
Gyasi C. Chisley, CEO of Methodist North Hospital and senior vice president of Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare in Memphis, Tenn.
15. “The essence of leadership is having the ability to alter what people think is possible, convince them that effort would be worth it and show them how it was their idea all along.”
Teri Fontenot, president and CEO of Baton Rouge, La.-based Woman’s Hospital
