On October 9th, Ben will serve on a keynote panel at Becker’s Annual Health IT + Revenue Cycle Conference. As part of an ongoing series, Becker’s is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the conference, which will take place October 9-12, 2019 in Chicago.
To learn more about the conference and Ben’s session, click here.
Question: As a leader, how do you stay connected to the actual work that is being done – and not just by watching others execute, but by executing yourself? If so, how do you balance between leading and executing personally?
Ben Patel: Stay connected through out the life cycle of the project or program. Leverage technical expertise to help architect the solution. Identify outcome metrics with the stakeholder & users to measure the value delivered. Balance the leading and execution by influencing and motivating the team towards the correct path or solution.
Q: What does healthcare need more of? Less of?
BP: More Patient Engagement and Less bureaucracy.
Q: What is one topic or issue you’ve been investing time in to better understand as of late?
BP: Price and quality transparency for patients.
