Search Sort by Newest to OldestOldest to NewestRelevanceA-ZZ-A Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page Last The Implications of the Brian Thompson Murder Will Be with Us for a Long Time The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson drew a chilling response from much of the American public. While wholly inappropriate, this reaction suggests that America’s healthcare consumers might want something very different from what they currently receive. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman The Misadventures of Primary Care Recent efforts to contemporize primary care have proven that the best intentions, the smartest ideas, and a lot of money are no guarantee of commercial success. Corporate America has found primary care to be a confounding and, so far, unsuccessful business model. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Thoughts on Servant Leadership A servant leader needs to be intellectually curious and strive to learn more from their employees as they lead. Every moment spent with caregivers and colleagues is a learning and a teaching moment. Blog A New Leadership Conversation: Founder Mode vs. Management Mode A new conversation about founder mode vs. management mode is challenging conventional thinking about leadership styles and organizational structures. In a new blog, Ken Kaufman defines the characteristics of founder mode and how it can prompt leaders to test their habits and beliefs about how to run an organization. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Lessons from Brats A shift in meaning of the term “brat” during the summer of 2024 marks a fundamental change in the notion of how to communicate with the public. This shift offers lessons that often contradict some of our deepest instincts about how to convey a message. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman Hospital and Health System Financial Growth Improvement After several challenging years, hospitals and health systems are experiencing modest improvements in financial conditions. Article New and Necessary Level of Healthcare Operational Effectiveness Hospitals face enormously complex operational challenges every day. The advanced analytics used by large commercial businesses can offer solutions that improve revenue, lower expenses, and enhance patient outcomes. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman How to Promote Financial Literacy Within Your Institution Promoting financial literacy serves two important purposes. First, it makes everyone aware of the institution’s current financial health. Second, it makes everyone aware of what will be required to ensure the institution’s financial health over the long term. Blog Steward Files for Bankruptcy and It Feels All Too Familiar Steward Health Care’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is one of the largest health system bankruptcies in recent memory. Although Steward is a for-profit system, there are important lessons that not-for-profit health system leaders can learn from the Steward bankruptcy. Blog Walmart’s Primary Care Failure Is Important and a Problem Walmart’s failure as a healthcare provider points to some big problems in U.S. healthcare, including a difficult business model, an unfriendly reimbursement model, and a basic healthcare expense-to-revenue problem. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman A Different Way of Thinking About Hospital Closures The many forces driving some hospitals to financial distress make it impossible to maintain the status quo. Leaders can move beyond a binary close-or-don’t-close decision to reconsider what it means to deliver healthcare in communities that struggle to support a hospital. 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 Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page › Last page Last
The Implications of the Brian Thompson Murder Will Be with Us for a Long Time The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson drew a chilling response from much of the American public. While wholly inappropriate, this reaction suggests that America’s healthcare consumers might want something very different from what they currently receive. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
The Misadventures of Primary Care Recent efforts to contemporize primary care have proven that the best intentions, the smartest ideas, and a lot of money are no guarantee of commercial success. Corporate America has found primary care to be a confounding and, so far, unsuccessful business model. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Thoughts on Servant Leadership A servant leader needs to be intellectually curious and strive to learn more from their employees as they lead. Every moment spent with caregivers and colleagues is a learning and a teaching moment. Blog
A New Leadership Conversation: Founder Mode vs. Management Mode A new conversation about founder mode vs. management mode is challenging conventional thinking about leadership styles and organizational structures. In a new blog, Ken Kaufman defines the characteristics of founder mode and how it can prompt leaders to test their habits and beliefs about how to run an organization. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Lessons from Brats A shift in meaning of the term “brat” during the summer of 2024 marks a fundamental change in the notion of how to communicate with the public. This shift offers lessons that often contradict some of our deepest instincts about how to convey a message. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
Hospital and Health System Financial Growth Improvement After several challenging years, hospitals and health systems are experiencing modest improvements in financial conditions. Article
New and Necessary Level of Healthcare Operational Effectiveness Hospitals face enormously complex operational challenges every day. The advanced analytics used by large commercial businesses can offer solutions that improve revenue, lower expenses, and enhance patient outcomes. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
How to Promote Financial Literacy Within Your Institution Promoting financial literacy serves two important purposes. First, it makes everyone aware of the institution’s current financial health. Second, it makes everyone aware of what will be required to ensure the institution’s financial health over the long term. Blog
Steward Files for Bankruptcy and It Feels All Too Familiar Steward Health Care’s recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing is one of the largest health system bankruptcies in recent memory. Although Steward is a for-profit system, there are important lessons that not-for-profit health system leaders can learn from the Steward bankruptcy. Blog
Walmart’s Primary Care Failure Is Important and a Problem Walmart’s failure as a healthcare provider points to some big problems in U.S. healthcare, including a difficult business model, an unfriendly reimbursement model, and a basic healthcare expense-to-revenue problem. Thoughts from Ken Kaufman
A Different Way of Thinking About Hospital Closures The many forces driving some hospitals to financial distress make it impossible to maintain the status quo. Leaders can move beyond a binary close-or-don’t-close decision to reconsider what it means to deliver healthcare in communities that struggle to support a hospital. 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