By Jacob Sattelmair, CEO and co-founder, Wellframe August 2021– American healthcare has struggled for decades with two persistent, intractable problems: the rising cost of care and, simultaneously, a poor patient experience. The US spends nearly $4 trillion annually on healthcare. Many of us benefit from the most cutting-edge medical technologies and the best-trained professionals and caregivers. Yet… Read more »
August 2021 – In this edition of Gibson Talks, Matthew LaGanke, a compliance executive recruiter at Gibson Consultants, and Russ Matuszak, Vice President of Compliance, Privacy, and Equity at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, sat down to discuss the long-term view of compliance. Looking ahead, Russ shares his perspective on the issues facing compliance, the opportunities… Read more »
By Dan Kazzaz, CEO of Secure Exchange Solutions, Inc. July 2021– I confess, I do not like shopping. I do not like comparing products, researching how people like the product, traveling from place to place – nope – I do not like any of it. That said, I love convenience. So, if I want to… Read more »
By Shelley Davis, MSN, RNC, CCM June 2021– Healthcare pioneer Florence Nightingale may be best known for her reforms of the shockingly unsanitary conditions in the Barrack Hospital during the Crimean War in 1854. A lesser-known achievement, however, is that she also is a pioneer of what we know today as data-driven population health management…. Read more »
June 2021- In this edition of Gibson Talks, Trey Wheless, a risk adjustment and quality reporting executive recruiter at Gibson Consultants, and Gabe Stein, Executive Vice President of GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, sat down to discuss the benefits to payors and providers of adopting technology that impacts risk adjustment. Gabe shared his perspective as an executive… Read more »
By Julie Mann, Chief Commercial Officer, Carium May 2021- Picking up tacos, curbside, from my favorite Mexican restaurant is so amazing, and I am grateful every time I do. But, it gets better: margaritas too! I love a good cocktail and have mastered vodka-based martinis, however, margaritas? Not so much. I never would have imagined… Read more »
By Mark Crockett, Digital Health CEO April 2021– In the excellent book “The Hard Thing about Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz, he extolls the virtue of communicating bad news. Culturally, after the first few times bad news is delivered, people stop worrying about disclosure and get in a cadence of fixing. So, I’ll start: the… Read more »
By Jim Gibson – This article appeared a long, long time ago in Health Data Management. March 2021– As search consultants, we are usually viewed as trusted advisors and extensions of the management team. So, knowing when to push back on a client, and when to just defer to the client’s opinion and judgment, is… Read more »
By Neeraj Bhavani, Founder, Tagnos February 2021– For hospitals, operating rooms (ORs) are big business. The current pandemic is affecting this business in unprecedented ways, but the following shows how the ORs generate revenue and how they can optimize it, while improving throughput and patient satisfaction. One recent survey found that the four types of… Read more »
by Colleen Watford, Director, Executive Search, Digital Health This article was originally published on LinkedIn– [View original post] Are you a founder of a startup or early stage company? Have you used a recruiter to find talent? I’ve learned from my conversations with your peers that many founders have not. They may have become familiar… Read more »