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Today's Episode Hosts Ben Sawyer and Lisa Counsell discuss the importance of literacy rates in pre-kindergarten stages, along with opportunities to improve education in collaboration with community partners, with educator, researcher, literacy expert, professor, and program developer Dr. KaiLonnie Dunsmore. Dr. Dunsmore is doctorally trained and focused on grant development and deployment of Education and [...]
Dr. Morten Hansen is an author, professor, and management theorist, with award-winning work on social networks, collaboration, knowledge management, and corporate innovation. Dr. Hansen is a management professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously a professor at INSEAD and Harvard Business School. He was also a management consultant at the Boston Consulting [...]
In this deep dive discussion, hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon once again interview David Gifford, MD, MPH, the Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at the American Health Care Association, the largest association in the country representing long term and post-acute care facilities. David Gifford/American Health Care Association (AHCA) David [...]
Hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon interview David Gifford, MD, MPH, the Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at the American Health Care Association, the largest association in the country representing long term and post-acute care facilities. Topics discussed include: Evolution of the Baldrige: Which will include David's background and stewardship [...]
Hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon continue their conversation with special guest Dr. Leigh Hamby, the Chief Medical Officer of Piedmont Healthcare, with a "deep dive" discussion on how businesses can leverage the Baldrige framework in today s competitive marketplace. Topics discussed include the challenging environment that a corporate leader of Piedmont Healthcare faces, [...]
Hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon discuss how businesses can leverage the Baldrige framework in today s competitive marketplace with special guest Dr. Leigh Hamby, the Chief Medical Officer of Piedmont Healthcare. Topics discussed will include: Business Acumen: A review of Leigh's background and his experience with the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework. Current state: [...]
On this deep dive episode of "Leader Dialogue", hosts Ben Sawyer, Jennifer Strahan, and Duffie Dixon continue their discussion about leveraging the Baldrige framework in today s competitive marketplace with special guest Scott McIntyre, the Chief Executive Officer of Guidehouse. Scott McIntyre/Guidehouse Scott McIntyre, the Chief Executive Officer of Guidehouse, brings to his role years of experience [...]
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Turning disruption and change into peak performance is the challenge of every leader. Nowhere has this been more apparent than in healthcare where leaders are faced with building a future-ready…
Welcome to Leader Dialogue, where we address the biggest challenges health system leaders face right now. We don’t admire the problem. Instead, we dissect the challenges and opportunities with our experienced guests. Together, we uncover practical solutions that enable leaders to succeed.
This is the Baldrige Foundation’s Leader Dialogue Program, sponsored by ABOUT Healthcare. When President Reagan introduced the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award 30 years ago, he said: “America’s economic strength depends on industry’s ability to improve productivity and quality and to remain on the cutting edge of technology. That’s why this award is so important.” The Baldrige Foundation supports organizational performance excellence in the United States and around the world. This podcast is a testament to reputation of the Baldrige as the preeminent source of performance excellence information you won’t find anywhere else. The Baldrige Foundation is uniquely suited for this mission of educating medical leaders and helping transform the industry in a significant way.
Tune in to hear fellow C-suite executives share the biggest challenges they face. Take note of the practical takeaways as they address labor cost escalations, population health challenges, maximizing consumer experience, improving employee and provider satisfaction, and improving health equity. The co-host and guests offer tips and approaches that you can easily apply in your own organization today.
Hosting the podcast are Roger Spoelman, DBA, MBA and Chuck Peck, MD, FACS. Roger has more than 30 years of experience as a healthcare executive. He served as interim CEO at Trinity Health Regional Systems in New England, Ohio, and Illinois at Loyola University Health System. Roger mentors many executives and assists organizations with strategy, innovation, and succession planning.
Dr. Peck is an internist and rheumatologist by training. For more than three decades, he has served as a practicing physician, faculty member, scientist, medical director, CEO, and partner in a global healthcare advisory company. One of the biggest projects he oversaw was a $108M financial turnaround of a $2B integrated health system in the northeast. Chuck also provides thought leadership insights to different organizations across the country, focusing mainly on operational and financial topics.
Roger and Chuck are joined by two ABOUT Healthcare executives, Darin Vercillo, MD a practicing Hospitalist and CMO of ABOUT healthcare, and Ben Sawyer MBA, PT, OCS, LBB an industry expert. ABOUT Healthcare’s vision is to enable health systems to operate as one, and their mission is to connect those in need with those who heal faster. ABOUT serves over 137 health systems and 940 hospitals, and proudly serves as a MAC Baldrige Society Trustee.
Combining Baldrige Foundation’s performance excellence reputation, Roger, Chuck, Darin, and Ben’s expertise, and the valuable insights of their guests, you won’t want to miss a podcast. Tune in today!
Listen to Leader Dialogue at https://www.leaderdialogue.com/podcast/.