Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page › Last page Last America’s Hospitals Need a Makeover In an environment unlike anything any of us have experienced, regaining financial equilibrium will require a comprehensive view of our organizations and environments and an openness to an outcome in which we do things very differently. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Hospital Makeover—Part 2 The physician employment model is clearly broken and in need of a near-term fix. The critical question for health system leaders is how to reconsider physician employment within the hospital operating plan. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Physician Employment Model, Continued Hospital executives have given the physician employment strategy considerable thought. Here are four observations from healthcare leaders who are rethinking the physician employment model. 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 Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Hospital Strategy and Planning in Times of Financial Challenge During times of financial challenge, hospitals tend to aggressively cut back on both planning and the execution of overall strategy. But is this the right road for hospitals to take at this time? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” But Probably Not Right Now Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But fighting back is the hospital job of the moment. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Listening and Learning Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcare company. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Three Things Board Members Should Know When Attending Rating Agency Meetings How can board members play a helpful role in rating agency meetings if they are invited to attend? Here are three ways in which board members can add value to the rating presentation. Blog Fall 2023 Kaufman Hall Report: Performance Improvement, Consumerism, and Payer-Provider Strategies The latest Kaufman Hall Report includes an inside look at strategies for successful payer-provider partnerships in a rapidly changing macroeconomic climate. Research Report Emotional IQ of Healthcare Leadership The hospital leadership issues that really matter right now center around the ability of hospital executives to possess and demonstrate an authentic emotional IQ to lead a diverse workforce in difficult circumstances. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Leadership Theories of Coach John Wooden: “Be Quick—But Don’t Hurry” Former UCLA basketball coach John Gooden believed that quickness and a sense of urgency was absolutely necessary to winning in a competitive environment. But quickness must be accompanied by emotional and professional balance in order to achieve excellence. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Vision and Talent John Lynch was hired by the San Francisco 49ers in 2017 to turn the team around. The vision he created for the team holds important lessons for healthcare leaders working to acquire and retain the very best talent. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page › Last page Last
America’s Hospitals Need a Makeover In an environment unlike anything any of us have experienced, regaining financial equilibrium will require a comprehensive view of our organizations and environments and an openness to an outcome in which we do things very differently. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Hospital Makeover—Part 2 The physician employment model is clearly broken and in need of a near-term fix. The critical question for health system leaders is how to reconsider physician employment within the hospital operating plan. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Physician Employment Model, Continued Hospital executives have given the physician employment strategy considerable thought. Here are four observations from healthcare leaders who are rethinking the physician employment model. 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
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: Hospital Strategy and Planning in Times of Financial Challenge During times of financial challenge, hospitals tend to aggressively cut back on both planning and the execution of overall strategy. But is this the right road for hospitals to take at this time? Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Comments on Current Management Issues in the Healthcare C-Suite: “Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast” But Probably Not Right Now Hospital leadership faces an undeniably hard challenge: regaining financial stability, finding a relevant post-Covid competitive vision, and energizing teams with a renewed sense of purpose. But fighting back is the hospital job of the moment. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Listening and Learning Before you can establish the organizational thought platform that best guides your hospital forward, you will need a leadership team that is committed to creating a “listening and learning” healthcare company. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Three Things Board Members Should Know When Attending Rating Agency Meetings How can board members play a helpful role in rating agency meetings if they are invited to attend? Here are three ways in which board members can add value to the rating presentation. Blog
Fall 2023 Kaufman Hall Report: Performance Improvement, Consumerism, and Payer-Provider Strategies The latest Kaufman Hall Report includes an inside look at strategies for successful payer-provider partnerships in a rapidly changing macroeconomic climate. Research Report
Emotional IQ of Healthcare Leadership The hospital leadership issues that really matter right now center around the ability of hospital executives to possess and demonstrate an authentic emotional IQ to lead a diverse workforce in difficult circumstances. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Leadership Theories of Coach John Wooden: “Be Quick—But Don’t Hurry” Former UCLA basketball coach John Gooden believed that quickness and a sense of urgency was absolutely necessary to winning in a competitive environment. But quickness must be accompanied by emotional and professional balance in order to achieve excellence. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Vision and Talent John Lynch was hired by the San Francisco 49ers in 2017 to turn the team around. The vision he created for the team holds important lessons for healthcare leaders working to acquire and retain the very best talent. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman