NEJM Catalyst Leadership Podcast

One-on-one interviews with leaders in health care, providing perspectives on what’s working in the industry, what’s not, and why. Find out more about us at https://catalyst.nejm.org.

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Children and the Pandemic: Staying Optimistic Aug 25, 2020

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The President of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals discusses the important role of an academic medical center in deciphering the constantly changing data on the pandemic, its effects on children, and how to keep them safe.

Lessons from the London Stroke Initiative: How Pathway Improvement Is Discovered, Designed, and Deployed Aug 19, 2020

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Lord Ara Darzi offers firsthand background and insights on the successful implementation of the London stroke initiative, which, through a profound restructuring of care design pathways, led to improved clinical outcomes at lower costs.

The Value of Value-Based Care, During a Pandemic and Beyond Aug 06, 2020

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In times of crisis, you learn a lot more about an organization than you otherwise would. The Regional President of OptumCare discusses the large organization’s goal to become fully value based and how the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted its care providers in terms of payment models and other aspects of...

Earning Trust in the Era of Covid-19 Jul 30, 2020

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Health care safety, for both patients and caregivers, is having a tremendous moment during the Covid-19 pandemic. But to establish that safety, there must first be trust.

Implementing 54,000+ Ideas in a Culture of Continuous Improvement Jul 28, 2020

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How Intermountain Healthcare empowers employees to become problem solvers and implement, with their local teams, ideas for continuous improvement.

Innovations in Safety: Building on and Beyond the Past Jul 23, 2020

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Twenty years of research and effort has established patient safety as a core health care responsibility, but new approaches suggest a need for expansion of ways to define the terminology, the scope of the challenge, and the implementation of models for success.

Establishing a Structure for the Transition to Value-Based Care Jul 21, 2020

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Health care organizations need to understand not just what work is needed for transitioning to value-based care, but also how to organize and resource the work.

Defining Distinctions Between Public and Population Health to Knock Down Barriers That Impede Care Jul 17, 2020

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Massachusetts’ Public Health Commissioner discusses the need to break down barriers within organizations and between public- and private-sector health organizations to achieve better care and health equity for patients and populations.

Cure, Connect, Transform: Three Mayo Clinic Strategy Components for Servant Leaders Jul 09, 2020

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Health care leaders must recognize that change comes quickly, says the CEO of Mayo Clinic, and from places they might not expect: technology, data, and consumerism. He also stresses the need to chip away at administrative and clerical burdens so that staff can focus on the tasks they truly enjoy.

The Changing Nature of the Role of Leading a Health Care Organization Jun 26, 2020

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The CEO of SSM Health notes that the organization is not just in the care delivery business and discusses an approach that involves the complex integration of elements beyond hospitals and physician practices to include home care and hospice, pharmacy benefit management, a generic drug company, a health plan, a...

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