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Welcoming the Class of 2025 Academy GE Finance Fellows

  Cindy Cannon VP of Financial Planning Mass General Brigham Carolyn Coggins VP, Finance Strategy Planning & Analytics Legacy Health Melissa Damm Division CFO, Central Providence     Kelly Dornheggen Sr. Director, Operational Finance TriHealth Sean Fadden VP of Finance, Peaks Region Intermountain Health Sheri Feeney CFO, Clinical Network Operations & Clinical Institutes Providence   […]

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Welcoming the Physician Leadership Program Class of 2023

  Andrea Abbott Medical Director for Cancer Quality and Comprehensive Breast Program MUSC Health Alison Bartfield Medical Director, Senior Strategy Service Line; Interim VP, Quality & Clinical Effectiveness Baptist Health Nicole Berwald Medical Director Staten Island University Hospital (site CMO), Northwell Health     Kevin G. Billingsley Chief Medical Officer Yale Cancer Center, Smilow Cancer […]

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Modernizing Clinical Workflows: The IT Leader’s Underleveraged Opportunity to Reduce Clinician Burnout

Clinician burnout is an IT leader’s concern After years of navigating the many and varied challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, clinicians are burned out. If you work in health care, you already know this and have read articles detailing just how dire the situation is. And while clinician burnout is undoubtedly a top priority for […]

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Supporting the Patient Experience with Pharmacy Technology

Pharmacy’s complexity problem Gone are the days when a patient would simply discuss a prescription with their provider, go to their local pharmacy, and leave with their medication. As with most areas in health care, yesterday’s streamlined experience is a far cry from today’s reality. Much more is happening behind the scenes due to the […]

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Nursing Strategy On-Demand Briefing: How “Unicorn Units” Retain Nurses

As average nursing turnover reaches unsustainable peaks, outlier med-surg units have been able to sustain, or even decrease, their pre-pandemic turnover. These “unicorn units” are reporting  turnover rates as low as two percent—eschewing conventional responses to workforce retention which have proven insufficient. Academy Nursing Catalyst experts took a closer look at several “unicorn med-surg units” […]

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On-Demand Briefing: Top Leading Health System Insights to Guide Your Commercial Strategy in 2023

Leading Health Systems are facing unprecedented margin pressure and economic headwinds are expected to prevail through 2023. Unfortunately, this has meant tighter budgets for them, longer sales cycles, and a more challenging environment for industry partners. The Academy surveyed the top executives from Leading Health Systems on their top priorities for 2023 and not surprisingly, […]

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On-Demand Briefing: Spotlight on Payvider Strategy

For the past few years, payers have been rapidly adopting the Optum playbook: acquiring provider assets to diversify and grow revenue. Today, payers (along with private equity) now employ more physician practices than hospitals. The acquisition of care delivery assets and continued vertical integration has transformed these insurers into “payviders.” According to our models, the […]

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Health Systems’ Untapped Growth Opportunity: Pharmacy

With health systems pursuing cost-cutting measures in tandem with new revenue opportunities, pharmacy offers a frequently overlooked—but high-value—opportunity to meet both needs. Done well, health system-owned pharmacy services improve patient engagement and avoid unnecessary clinical costs. As a bonus, giving patients the opportunity to fill their prescriptions within the health system drives revenue inside the […]

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Making Culture Concrete: Your Foundation for a Healthy Hybrid Workforce

  In our previous article, we discussed the need for a remote work strategy and outlined the key steps to develop a robust strategy. Of the four steps, health system executives repeatedly identify culture as particularly challenging to get right. And we get it. Culture can seem like an elusive and slippery idea. But let’s […]

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Horizon 2030 Year 2: Key Takeaways and ’23 Outlook

In 2022, Horizon 2030 continued to drive care transformation, leveraging deep-dive research projects and convening efforts to identify experimentation opportunities and launch pilot programs with Leading Health Systems. Across 2023, Horizon 2030 Research and Convening will continue to emphasize innovation and discussion around new topics of interest. To learn more, download the research brief for […]

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