Giving Your ‘Gifts’ Away can Help Define Your Purpose
Lin Sue Cooney, director of community engagement for Hospice of the Valley in Phoenix, writes about how using her gifts to serve others led her to make a career transition from broadcast journalism to health care.
CEO Says to Embrace the Forks in the Road of Your Career Journey
For Avein Saaty-Tafoya, CEO of Adelante Healthcare in Phoenix, her career has been all about embracing the bumps in the road. Her story will change the way you look at career opportunities.
How Positivity Provides Fuel for Your Career
Are you a pessimist, optimist, or realist? How do you know? Hilda Villaverde, PhD, looks at the benefits of positivity in our lives and careers, and provides an assessment tool to fine-tune your optimism level.
CFO Uses Caring and Compassion to Guide Her Career Journey
Although she didn't start out working in health care, Sharp VP/CFO Kari Cornicelli was quickly drawn to the field because of the opportunity to use her financial skills in an environment in which caring and compassion are at the forefront of the business.
Video: Leadership and the Challenge of Fixing Health Care
Vivian Lee, MD, PhD, MBA, senior vice president and dean of the University of Utah School of Medicine and CEO of University of Utah Health Care discusses her career path and perspective on being a healthcare leader in this time of great change.
Message to Providers: Expect More Pricing Scrutiny
Healthcare finance leaders should review their organizations’ cost structure to ensure that their healthcare spending consistently adds value to patient care.
How First Physician Corp. Turned Around Its Patient Satisfaction Scores
One emergency medicine physician group raised its patient satisfaction scores from below the 20th to the 99th percentile. Leaders credit a variety of strategies, including sharing unblinded physician data every quarter.
Sidebar: Core Elements of a Shared Accountability Partnership Model
A shared accountability partnership model must include a number of elements.
The CFO’s Game Changer: Creating Value Through Performance-Based Partnerships
Strategic CFOs are leveraging vendor partnerships to help improve performance while keeping costs manageable.
Top of Her Game
A decade of effort at competitive table tennis provided the skills and drive one woman used to proper the rest of her life.