Most hospitals have no shortage of dashboards but by the time a daily report shows the emergency department (ED) backing up, the beds are already full and discharges have already slipped. Leaders at San Antonio, Texas-based University Health say the…
Board human resources committees are encouraged to transition to a broader “human capital” remit, in order to assure proper focus on new AI-prompted issues impacting the workforce. These include, but are not limited to, workforce restructuring; employee retraining and professional…
Studer Family Children’s Hospital has a SEAL team — not one that executes military missions, but one that helps physicians, nurses and other hospital employees prepare for high-risk, low-frequency situations. The project — which stands for Simulating Emergency Action for…
The cost of accomplishing anything great is willingness to be misunderstood. Internalization of the idea “This problem matters enough that an unreasonable attempt is justified” is the bedrock of any monumental accomplishment. The hard part of trying to do anything…
Stanley Hupfeld, former president and CEO of Oklahoma City-based Integris Health, has died at the age of 82, according to an Aug. 11 LinkedIn post from the health system. Mr. Hupfeld joined the organization in 1987 as president and CEO…
As policymakers and regulators examine whether nonprofit hospitals are delivering sufficient value for their tax-exempt status, the conversation often centers on charity care. That’s an important measure, but it’s not the first stage of our work. If community benefit begins…
Erica Schwartz, MD, was confirmed by the Senate as the next CDC director Aug. 5 in a 51-43 vote, which split almost entirely across party lines. The move makes her the agency’s first permanent director in nearly a year. Every…
Across the country, health systems continue to invest in operating rooms while surgeons still hear the same message: there isn’t enough OR time. Yet when organizations take a closer look, the story is often more complicated. The challenge is not…
Every healthcare leader is placing a bet on where the industry goes next. For some, that bet is on AI becoming an intelligence layer that helps clinicians make faster, better-informed decisions. For others, it’s a shift toward outpatient and value-based…
Every healthcare organization has habits it has never questioned, whether that’s measuring success by volume instead of outcomes, assuming ambulatory care and health systems can’t coexist, or clinging to “this is how we’ve always done it.” The leaders willing to…
