by John G. Self | Mar 22, 2018 | Healthcare, Rural / Community Hospitals
Some rural community hospitals, the backbone of the US healthcare delivery model, suffer from the myth that they are not held to the same standard of professionalism and customer service that is front and center for many large regional referral centers. It is not that...
by John G. Self | Mar 6, 2018 | Healthcare, Recruiting, Rural / Community Hospitals
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania – A financially viable community hospital is an important economic pillar. Without a hospital it is hard to recruit new physicians, young teachers with families, or to lure companies that will create jobs. When a community hospital...
by John G. Self | Jan 3, 2018 | Career Management, Healthcare, Leadership
LISTEN ON iTUNES As we begin a new year, it is a time for reflection, not on our jobs or the economic and political machinations that may affect them, but on our values, our ethics — on our very integrity. In my industry, healthcare, I am always stunned and saddened...
by John G. Self | Dec 27, 2017 | Career Management, Healthcare, Leadership
LISTEN ON iTUNES Leaders are judged by the results they produce, however, not all results are about the profit or loss. How you behave with those around you — your family, your colleagues and those in the trenches who actually do the work — also counts for a great...
by John G. Self | Dec 20, 2017 | Career Management, Healthcare
LISTEN ON iTUNES Today’s Big Idea focuses on two emerging trends that, when combined, will dramatically transform the healthcare industry — from our business model and how we take care of patients, to the impact these changes will have on our careers. What are the two...
