Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A The Importance of No-Regrets Strategies With hundreds of competing priorities, hospital executive teams must focus on something they that they know they can spend time on and get real results from. An intense focus on improving length of stay gives hospitals a significant advantage in financial performance. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Management of Labor in Trying Financial Circumstances 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 the measures being taken today. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman When Financial Performance Matters We have entered a financial moment when paying attention to the sunk cost fallacy will be central to maintaining, or recovering, the financial, clinical, and mission strength of America’s hospitals. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Sobering State of Hospital Finances The American Hospital Association has released a report that we prepared for them on the state of hospital finances—and the results are sobering. We are projecting 2022 to be the worst... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Viewing Workforce Needs with a Beginner’s Mind “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s, there are few.” This famous observation by Shunryu Suzuki, which posits the importance of intellectual... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Workforce Challenge Is a Segmentation Challenge In my conversations with senior executives at healthcare organizations around the country, I find that leaders have three critical topics on their minds: workforce, workforce, and... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Importance of No-Regrets Strategies With hundreds of competing priorities, hospital executive teams must focus on something they that they know they can spend time on and get real results from. An intense focus on improving length of stay gives hospitals a significant advantage in financial performance. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Management of Labor in Trying Financial Circumstances 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 the measures being taken today. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
When Financial Performance Matters We have entered a financial moment when paying attention to the sunk cost fallacy will be central to maintaining, or recovering, the financial, clinical, and mission strength of America’s hospitals. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Sobering State of Hospital Finances The American Hospital Association has released a report that we prepared for them on the state of hospital finances—and the results are sobering. We are projecting 2022 to be the worst... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Viewing Workforce Needs with a Beginner’s Mind “In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s, there are few.” This famous observation by Shunryu Suzuki, which posits the importance of intellectual... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Workforce Challenge Is a Segmentation Challenge In my conversations with senior executives at healthcare organizations around the country, I find that leaders have three critical topics on their minds: workforce, workforce, and... Thoughts from Ken Kaufman