Jill Schwieters: Strategies for Healthcare Execs

What exactly is artificial intelligence and how can it be used to aid senior executives in the workplace?

Adam Godson, Vice President of Global Technology Solutions for Cielo Talent, breaks down the current and potential capabilities of artificial intelligence and discusses the ways in which artificial intelligence is being helpful to leaders, today. 

Christy Harris Lemak, Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Services Administration at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, shares with Jill Schwieters what UAB is doing to identify and develop leaders to meet tomorrow's healthcare challenges.

How can taking on multiple roles make you a better leader?

Peter Butler, former president of Rush University Medical Center and current professor and chair of the Department of Health Systems Management at Rush University, shares how his involvement in academics and public policy shaped him as a leader, teacher, and policy expert.

Tommy Thompson, former Secretary of Health and Human Services and four-term Governor of Wisconsin, joins Jill Schwieters to discuss what must be done to stabilize the healthcare marketplace and what the adoption of electronic medical records means for patients and providers.

Rob Croner, SVP of Human Resources at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about the importance of being available and giving of your time in the important effort to retain top talent.

Marna Borgstrom, CEO of Yale New Haven Health System, discusses strategies to grow and develop talent by creating a great employer brand. Takeaways for healthcare executives include tactics for building a leadership team that executes well by creating shared values.

Nancy Howell Agee, President and CEO of Carilion Clinic, discusses the way she worked with her team to create a culture that attracts top-level physician and staff talent. Takeaways for healthcare executives include the importance of creating a mission that everyone buys into, as well as the creation of an open-door policy between executives and all levels of staff.

Scott Reid, co-founder of Alignment Healthcare, discusses value-based healthcare and strategies to dramatically reduce the cost of healthcare by attacking the top three areas of waste in the system. Takeaways for healthcare executives include specific strategies to reduce costs at the institutional level and tactics for CEO's to lead physicians and other providers toward a change in the way healthcare is migrated.

Dr. Victoria Rich, Dean of the University of South Florida School of Nursing, discusses her plans to recruit and develop the next generation of nurses. Takeaways for healthcare executives include a plan to create a council of nurses and healthcare executives to address issues with nurse training and development.

Kathy Heffernan, director of physician relations with ProHealth Care, discusses the changes in the relationships between physicians and healthcare organizations. Takeaways for healthcare executives include the changing role for organizations as physicians have become an integrated part of health systems.