E99: Baldridge Leader Dialogue Quarterly Co-Host Review: On Patient Throughput And Production Science

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. The show has been with great experts who share their wisdom to help leaders navigate these changes within the industry. In today’s special episode, Dr. Roger Spoelman and Dr. Chuck Peck are joined again by Darin […]
E98: Tackling The Crisis In Behavioral Health Access And Placement With Kenneth (K.C.) Johnson

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. Some of those challenges, particularly in behavioral health, are access, throughput, and placement. Bringing to the show over 20 years of experience in healthcare operations and management to discuss the crisis we are seeing is Kenneth (K.C.) […]
E97: Getting Ahead Of Readmissions: Reducing Readmission Risk With Dr. Tricia Baird

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. One of those existing challenges that has only become extra tough is readmissions. Because let’s face it: readmissions cost us not only dollars but time and human resources—all of which have taken a dent in the […]
Optimizing Care Orchestration: Overcoming Challenges On Access, Throughput, And Capacity With Dr. Derek Feuquay And Jake Lansburg

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. Caring for about 800,000 lives in their region, Northern Arizona Healthcare is no stranger to challenges concerning patient flow and care orchestration. In this episode, Dr. Chuck Peck and Ben Sawyer are joined by not just […]
E95: Creating And Managing A High-Performance, Clinically-Integrated Care Network With Mary Pat Olson

At the end of the day, healthcare is all about bringing systems together to provide the best care possible for patients. However, coordinating this is not without its challenges. Often, it takes great leadership to pull off a high-performance care network. In this episode, we have a guest who has figured this out. Mary […]
E94: Demand And Capacity – Deciding Where A Patient Should Go With Gina Kidder, MSN, ACM-RN

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. One of those vexing problems that we continue to see today is deciding where a patient should go, especially with reduced hospital and post-acute capacity. Diving deep into this mismatch between demand and capacity, Gina Kidder, […]
E93: Managing Through Change: The Need For Innovation In Healthcare

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. Managing through the changes can be tough, especially as we collectively have to rethink what used to work and find new ones to fit the current and ever-evolving context. In this episode, hosts Roger Spelman, Dr. […]
E92: Why You Need To Consider A Hospitalist-Based Leadership Structure With David Sailors, MD

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. Sharing his perspective as both a Physician Executive and Hospital Board Chairman, David Sailors, MD of the Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center joins us in this episode. Dr. Sailors takes us deep into how Piedmont is […]
E91: Duane Reynolds And KaiLonnie Dunsmore

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. Sometimes people start feeling overwhelmed by our capitalistic healthcare system. As sad as it sounds, having access to healthcare is now more of a privilege than a right. In this episode, we have catalysts of change […]
E90: Managing Through Change With John Raffoul

Every health system leader has unprecedented executive management challenges facing their organization in the wake of the pandemic. The solutions they come up with will serve them not only in the current environment but also in the future. For John Raffoul, the President of Adventist Health White Memorial, managing through the changes is all […]