The Anatomy Of Healthcare Leadership

The brain (logic), heart (passion) and spine (courage) make up the anatomy of healthcare leadership … [+]
All over the country—in rural hospitals and big-city health systems, in clinics and corner offices—the people in charge of delivering excellent healthcare find that task increasingly difficult.
The numbers paint a horrifying picture of a U.S. medical system in crisis. Today, 4 in 10 patients face significant healthcare debt. And they wait an average of 26 days to see a doctor in larger cities while those in rural settings face even greater barriers to accessing care. Clinicians, meanwhile, seem to have hit rock bottom with nearly two-thirds reporting symptoms of burnout, leading to “higher rates of alcohol abuse and suicidal ideation, as well as increased medical errors and worse patient outcomes,” according to the U.S.