When our executive coaching client Jane* was appointed vice president and COO of a large community hospital of an academic health system, her new appointment represented an exciting milestone in her career trajectory.
Disruption continues to challenge our industry. Now more than ever boards are in a unique position to advise leadership on how to best respond to the rapidly changing work environment resulting from the pandemic. Like many of our clients, you may be wondering if you have the right board in place to guide your organization into the future of work. The key to creating a meaningful board starts with assessing and selecting key success factors.
TLD Group President & CEO Tracy Duberman interviewed David Carmouche, who is the current President of Ochsner Health Network, and previously served as the Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President of External Health Plan Operations for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana. David's experience leading in the healthcare ecosystem spans both within and across the provider and payer sectors. In this interview, David discusses how he had developed and implemented cross-sector initiatives designed to organize care, improve quality, and increase affordability.
With the tsunami of changes occurring in the healthcare industry today – ranging from increasing cost of care, shifting government regulations, technological advances, and the move from volume- to value-based care, the need to focus on population health holds utmost importance. Undeniably, all healthcare sectors hold the same shared goal of providing the best care to consumers, but each of the different (and often competing) sectors also holds varying interests, values, and points of view. In order to be best positioned to meet that shared goal of improving health outcomes and quality of life, industry leaders must foster an ecosystem view, which prioritizes population and community health through cross-sector collaboration.
