Advancing Healthcare Through Gender-Neutral Language

In our rapidly evolving world, the healthcare sector stands as a beacon of continuous growth and understanding. One of the pressing discussions in recent times revolves around the rights of individuals in healthcare—rights that are respectful, inclusive, and devoid of any discrimination. As health professionals, it’s imperative that we are at the forefront of ensuring…

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Revenue Enhancement in Hospitals: The Case for Hiring Healthcare Consultants

Hospitals and health systems continue to face demanding conditions and financial challenges well into 2023, including increased administrative expenses, a healthcare worker shortage, and increased labor costs. And although there has been a stabilization in operating margins over the past several months according to several industry reports, the trendline continues to show some organizations remain…

Building the Puzzle

“A leader takes people where they would never go on their own.” – Hans Finzel Everyone, at some point in their lives, has built a jigsaw puzzle. Let us take a moment to reflect on that time, as that is where we’ll uncover today’s leadership lesson. OK. You just dumped out all the puzzle pieces…

Believing Can Make a Difference!

Nearing Year End– A Few Random Thoughts As we approach year-end 2022, a few random thoughts come to mind….one is heartwarming, and the other makes me chuckle! The heartwarming story jumps to mind as we are in the thick of this holiday season. I thought of a client this weekend as I challenged my granddaughter…

Breaking the Habit of Complacency

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” – Henry Ford “Because this is the way we’ve always done it”. Most of us have heard this phrase or a form of it at some point in our lives or careers. It’s like the work version of your parents saying, “because…

Resiliency vs Burnout in Healthcare

  Authored by Carol Wesley, RN, MSN/MHA   Resiliency. I remember hearing that word a lot throughout nursing school and then during my career. But what exactly is resiliency? Is it something that is inherited, or simply learned over time? Resilience is a useful and highly adaptive trait that is described as the ability to…

Planting Trees I’ll Never Climb

Authored by Joe Dorko, Senior Consultant.   I was listening to a song on the radio, “See the World” by Brett Dennen when I heard the line, “Now I’m planting trees I’ll never climb.” Then a thought occurred to me…this is how leadership feels. As a young pharmacist, I would take time at the end…