Virginia Mason's Gary Kaplan: 19 Years of Inviting Disruption

Jim Molpus, February 5, 2019

The CEO of the Seattle-based system discusses C-suite longevity, business strategy, and Amazon.

CNO Exchange: 3 Behaviors Make Life Better for Nurses

Jim Molpus, November 16, 2018

Without an investment in improving nurse culture, hospitals will struggle to recruit and retain from an increasingly competitive pool of candidates.

SSM Health will drive transformation with a focus on business models

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?

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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.

Merger, acquisition, and partnership activity is not slowing despite healthcare industry challenges and uncertainty

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...

Will Trump’s Ban Cause Foreign-Born Doctors to Look Elsewhere?

'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...

Karl Barwis

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...

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