In a recent post on athenahealth's Leadership Forum, Nancy Koehn, PhD, a faculty member at Harvard Business School, discusses what leadership lessons healthcare leaders can take away from President Abraham Lincoln and his successful struggle to end the Civil War…
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Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Fla., is a member of Saint Louis-based Ascension Health.
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