I recently heard Dr. Bob Kustra, president of Boise State University, explain the challenges institutions of higher learning face, and it occurred to me that he could have been giving a talk about the challenges that necessitate reform of health care delivery. That led me to wonder whether solutions could be found by learning more [...]
Thousands of women ran, walked, and rolled down Capitol Boulevard in Boise on Saturday as part of the 20th annual St. Luke’s Women’s Fitness Celebration. The Celebration is the largest women’s 5k walk/run in the United States, and is a perfect fit with St. Luke’s mission of promoting the health of people in all the [...]
I’ve asked St. Luke’s Health System Vice President of Human Resources Maureen O’Keeffe to share her thoughts about how we’re transforming and information about her background and skills. Her insights are presented here. I’ve introduced Maureen in a previous post, and you’ll be hearing more from her and other members of our executive team in this space [...]
St. Luke’s has been receiving quite a bit of attention of late. For all sorts of reasons – the great stuff we’re doing and lots of it, the universally understood need to fix a broken national health care delivery system, and the fact that St. Luke’s has grown in recent years , to name a [...]
I just lost a friend and colleague due to terminal cancer. She was eight years younger than me, a mother of three children, and a health care professional. She underwent aggressive treatment until it was clear that continued treatment was not going to offer a hope for cure or much longer survival. She chose to [...]
I couldn’t be more proud of St. Luke’s Heart, leading the way, and our patients, who’ve partnered with us for more than 40 years in innovative heart treatment, as we transform how heart repair happens. Watch this amazing story. And I’ve asked Dr. Marshall Priest, medical director of St. Luke’s Heart, to write about this exciting [...]
BREAKING NEWS St. Luke’s Health System will transform healthcare by aligning with physicians and other providers to deliver integrated, seamless, and patient-centered quality care across all St. Luke’s settings. That’s St. Luke’s vision, and today, I’m excited to share news of a significant milestone in attainment of our vision and our Triple Aim: better health, [...]
ST. LUKE’S HEALTH SYSTEM WILL MAKE A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5, AT 1:30 P.M. (MST) ON THIS BLOG! Last week marked my third anniversary with St. Luke’s Health System. For the past three years, the leaders of our System have been developing the capabilities and competencies necessary to transform health care built upon [...]
