On May 24th, Dr. Slover will serve on the panel “Key Strategies for Orthopedic and Cardiovascular Service Lines: What’s Your Best Advice to Improve Service Lines? What’s Working, What’s Not?” at Becker’s Hospital Review 11th Annual Meeting. As part of an ongoing series, Becker’s is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place on April 6-9, 2020 in Chicago.
To learn more about the conference and Dr. Slover’s session, click here.
Question: What, from your perspective, is the biggest challenge about the future of work for hospitals, and what can they do about it? (i.e. automation, desire for more flexibility, clinician shortages, etc.)
James Slover: Hospitals will be challenged by many factors in the coming years, but one of the largest will be the move to care for more patients and conditions longitudinally and out of the inpatient hospital setting. This challenge is simultaneously one of the most exciting aspects of healthcare, and tremendous opportunity exists for leadership and creativity in shaping these changes.
Q: What’s one lesson you learned early in your career that has helped you lead in healthcare?
JS: One of the biggest things I have learned is that healthcare is a rapidly changing enterprise and you can never be satisfied with the status quo. Continuous innovation and improvement is always needed.
Q: What do you see as the most exciting opportunity in healthcare right now?
JS: I do see a lot of disruption occurring with the proliferation of and increased comfort with technology amongst both providers and patients. However, the fundamental aspect of health care, caring for one another, remains, and this makes the changes worthwhile.
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