While picking up a prescription recently, I had the opportunity to tour our St. Luke’s Boise pharmacy and talk to staff members who, I was delighted to discover, are incorporating our vision and strategy every day in all they do. I visited with Pharmacy Operations Manager Mike Griffiths and was so impressed with his clarity [...]
I’ve asked St. Luke’s Health System Vice President for Clinical Integration Dr. Geoff Swanson to share his perspectives on the transformation of care. His thoughts are presented here. You’ll be hearing more from Dr. Swanson and other members of our executive team in this space in the future. Having the opportunity to transform health care [...]
Wow! I never realized what a difference a blog would make. I’d wanted to be able to communicate more effectively with physicians, employees, and stakeholders, and to share our vision, strategy, initiatives, and progress more broadly. Since no one tells our story better than we do, I wanted to equip all of our employees to [...]
I’ve asked St. Luke’s Health System Vice President and General Counsel Christy Neuhoff to share observations about her teams’ work and roles. Her thoughts are presented here. I’ve introduced Christy in a previous post, and you’ll be hearing more from her and other members of our executive team in this space in the future. Few [...]
I want to share with you my thoughts about what the elections this week mean for St. Luke’s Health System. Here is the external environment: President Obama has been reelected to another four-year term, the Democrats have the majority in the U.S. Senate, and the Republicans retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives. We [...]
As most of you know, I hold forums twice a year throughout St. Luke’s Health System. Spring forums look forward, and last spring, I reviewed our strategy around accountable care, myStLuke’s, Healthy U, and the Medicare Shared Savings Program. If you’d like to view a video of that forum, you can watch it at http://drpate.stlukesblogs.org/2012/04/19/my-spring-report-to-st-lukes-health-system/. [...]
I had the great privilege last week of honoring 13 terrifically talented, committed, and distinguished members of the St. Luke’s Health System family with the 2012 President’s Award. As president and CEO of St. Luke’s, I chose the recipients. It’s hard work, because dozens of wonderful people are nominated by their peers, who know top [...]
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 [...]
After a very successful track and field career, trail-blazing, three-time Olympian Anne Audain wanted to ensure that women and girls of all ages would have an opportunity to stand on a start line and cross the finish line to experience their own sense of empowerment and accomplishment. So she founded the Women’s Fitness Celebration, here [...]
After I wrote about the possibilities of medical tourism in May, I was asked this question on my blog: Can you explain your statement, “The calculation is that even though some patients may be more costly, others can be managed under the fixed price at a profit,” in the context of St. Luke’s nonprofit, tax-exempt [...]
