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Jim Molpus is Interim Editor in Chief and Leadership Programs Director for HealthLeaders.

Jim Molpus

Leadership Programs Director

jmolpus@healthleadersmedia.com

SSM Health CEO Laura Kaiser on Building a Sustainable Healthcare System

Jim Molpus, October 11, 2018

After her first year with SSM Health, CEO Laura Kaiser talks about 'shifting our expensive rescue care system to one that is more broadly focused on preventive care, wellness, and affordability.'

Hospital Innovators: Find Customer Value, Do the Work, Get Going

Jim Molpus, October 9, 2018

Costs are rising. Reimbursement is shrinking. In this environment, innovation is obligatory. How do you make it happen?

The New HealthLeaders: 3 Ways It's Better for You

Jim Molpus, June 11, 2018

Carefully curated content, a better user experience, and a renewed promise to identify actionable solutions are the hallmarks of our new look.

Mergers Are Hard, Dicey. And Yet Hospitals Can't Stop.

Jim Molpus, April 1, 2018

This article first appeared in the March/April 2018 issue of HealthLeaders magazine.

Businesses merge or acquire other businesses for one reason only: growth. When the path...

'Better' Does Not Always Mean More

Jim Molpus, February 1, 2018

This article first appeared in the January/February 2018 issue of HealthLeaders magazine.

I have been using the same brand and model of running shoe for a decade. I originally...

Change Management 2018: The New Rules

Jim Molpus, February 1, 2018

For an industry inundated in change, progress has been hard to find.

This article first appeared in the January/February 2018 issue of HealthLeaders magazine....

Workforces Go Where the Opportunity Is

Jim Molpus, December 1, 2017

As I write this note, Amazon is still looking for a city for its second national headquarters, or "HQ2."

This article first appeared in the December 2017 issue of HealthLeaders...

Telehealth Is More Disruptive Than We May Think

Jim Molpus, November 1, 2017

Clayton Christensen coined the phrase disruptive innovation two decades ago as a way of embracing the deconstruction that is necessary when a new technology displaces an old one.

Ever since then, it seems healthcare has been waiting for a series of...

Why Hospitals Fail at Retail

Jim Molpus, September 29, 2017

Retailers didn't change their business because they didn't want to. Are hospitals and health systems, when presented with the same shift of consumer preference, poised to do any better?

My dad is an architect, and one who was never afraid to have a hammer in...

Intermountain Health CEO is Bullish on Telemedicine

Jim Molpus, June 13, 2017

The health system is committed to a high-value, population health-focused, telehealth approach. "In our effort to work well with the consumer, we don’t dumb down the medicine," says Marc Harrison, MD.

For telemedicine to fundamentally shift the delivery of...

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For an industry inundated in change, progress has been hard to find.

As I write this note, Amazon is still looking for a city for its second national headquarters, or "HQ2."

Retailers didn't change their business because they didn't want to. Are hospitals and health systems, when presented with the same shift of consumer preference, poised to do any better?

The health system is committed to a high-value, population health-focused, telehealth approach. "In our effort to work well with the consumer, we don’t dumb down the medicine," says Marc Harrison, MD.

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