Insights

When it comes to her experience of being a female breadwinner, Valerie Coffman is an open book... read more

By establishing genuine relationships and an environment in which everyone can shine, Margaret Steele has helped the med/surg, lab, blood management and distribution team thrive — landing her on the ... read more

Lately, every CEO I talk with tells me how hard it is to run a healthcare organization in 2023. These are people with long experience, people who over time have pushed the right buttons and pulled th... read more

Through care and purposeful servant leadership, Nicole Gruebling guides chief healthcare executives — and others — through the industry’s choppy waters to improve lives... read more

With the increasing shift of treatment from inpatient to outpatient settings, come questions about which medications can safely be used at alternate sites of care facilities. The new Vizient Pharmacy... read more

In an environment unlike anything any of us have experienced, regaining financial equilibrium will require a comprehensive view of our organizations and environments and an openness to an outcome in ... read more

The physician employment model is clearly broken and in need of a near-term fix. The critical question for health system leaders is how to reconsider physician employment within the hospital operatin... read more

Hospital executives have given the physician employment strategy considerable thought. Here are four observations from healthcare leaders who are rethinking the physician employment model... read more

C-suites across America are moving to stronger measures to assure the financial survivability and competitiveness of their organizations. Data and analysis suggest that reductions in force are among ... read more

During times of financial challenge, hospitals tend to aggressively cut back on both planning and the execution of overall strategy. But is this the right road for hospitals to take at this time?.. read more

Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But figh... read more

Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcar... read more