Healthcare Executive Podcast

Carson Dye, FACHE, president and CEO of Exceptional Leadership, LLC, just released a new, two-volume book, “Enhanced Physician Engagement.” He discusses the increased importance to the bottom line and practical, “boots on the ground” ways executives can form effective relationships with physicians and clinical leaders.

Hear the latest challenges and opportunities for early careerists from two experts who literally wrote the book! Laurie K. Baedke, FACHE, Director, Healthcare Leadership Programs, Creighton University and Natalie Lamberton, CEO, Talas Harbor Healthcare, are co-authors of The Emerging Healthcare Leader: A Field Guide, now available as an audio book. They will also lead a one-day session by the same title as part of the Chicago Cluster, in person at the Hyatt Regency Chicago Dec. 13-14, 2021.

Nicole M. Cooper, DrPH, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs at UnitedHealth Group joins our podcast to discuss health equity from the payor’s perspective. Hear more on national DEI trends and strategies around access, workforce, social determinants of health and more.

Experts are predicting a "twindemic" of the approaching flu season and a spike in COVID-19 cases. Michael A. Slubowski, FACHE, FACMPE, President/CEO, Trinity Health, discusses his leadership strategies to prepare for this event across 90 hospitals in 25 states. He also shares how Trinity Health is building workforce resiliency and his own advice to healthcare leaders aspiring to the C-Suite.

How would you run your own hospital? John S. Winkleman, faculty member at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, discusses the innovative new Health System Simulation course delivered in partnership with ACHE. Hear why simulation learning is particularly effective for healthcare leaders, and how you can see what happens when you’re in the driver’s seat.

J. Manuel Ocasio, FACHE, Chief Human Resources Officer of Luminis Health in Annapolis, Md., discusses what’s driving change and innovation in the healthcare workforce right now, from preventing burnout, to solving staffing shortages and leading the way in diversity, equity and inclusion. Hear more about how one system is shaping the future of work and what they look for in leadership candidates.

Carrie Owen Plietz, FACHE, Regional President, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, and 2021 Chair of the ACHE Board of Governors, joins our host to discuss how executive leaders drive organizational culture. Listen as she highlights Kaiser Permanente’s work on patient-centered care, diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and her vision for the successful future of ACHE.

Ron Wyatt, MD, and Laura Botwinick are co-authors of “Achieving Health Equity: A Guide for Health Care Organizations,” a framework to achieve health equity from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. They join us to discuss the ongoing challenges in rooting out systemic racism in healthcare, and how the events of the last year have helped fuel this crucial movement. Visit healthcareexecutive.org to read their column of the same name from the May/June 2021 issue of the magazine.

To celebrate International Nurses Day, we welcome Sally Hurt-Deitch, RN, FACHE, CEO, Mid-South Group—Memphis Market and Saint Francis Hospital, Tenet Health, Memphis. As a former CNO who transitioned to market CEO, Sally embodies the vital importance of triad leadership (physician, nursing and administrative) in driving success for healthcare organizations. Join us for this candid discussion of the unique value and perspective that nurse leaders bring to the C-Suite.

Rick Pollack, President and CEO of the American Hospital Association, discusses the “3Rs” of COVID-19 (relief, recovery and rebuilding), the White House’s healthcare priorities, and the leadership skills that will be necessary to bring us into a new era. Pollack joins ACHE again on Monday, March 22 for a panel discussion during the 2021 Congress on Healthcare Leadership.