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By J. Daniel Beckham
Hospital leaders need to take a second look at hiring doctors.
Cost cutting for its own sake can backfire financially and wound employee morale.
Hospital organizations should strive to be true systems, in which every part is integral to the whole.
The revered clinic takes its "patient first" model of health care to a national insurance proposal.
Sometimes a hospital or health care organization needs to merge with another - not simply to save costs or capture markets, but to achieve a dramatic transformation.
The Intangibles That Lead to Excellence
Vision, drive and leadership are hard to measure, but these attributes are the difference between "good enough" and exceptional.
You will gain nothing if you don't reach for something.
Strategy and Execution: Not an Either/Or
Health care leaders must decide both where the ship is headed and how to keep it running.
A leader has to look beyond the day to day to pursue a vision. Even if that means letting some fires burn.
Those rare organizations with a strategic plan that the entire organization helped create are in better shape to take advantage of opportunities.
The Problem with Defining Quality
The challenge is not necessarily reducing errors. The focus should be on reducing harm to patients.