June 14th,2011
After months of planning and negotiations since I last wrote about the subject,I am happy to announce that the partnership between Jewish Hospital &St. Mary’s Healthcare,the University of Louisville Hospital/James Graham Brown Cancer Center,and Saint Joseph Health System has come to fruition as each of the respective Boards and parent organizations have reached an agreement to merge (press release copied below). While regulatory approvals are still pending,this partnership will make great strides in the coming years to create a healthier Kentucky through the expansion of access,teaching,technology and research across the Commonwealth! With all of . . . →Read More:It’s Official –Statewide Partnership Announced Today! May 12th,2011
I am very lucky to work with an outstanding group of people at Jewish Hospital. Below is a note of thanks I shared with our team members…I would love to hear your praises of them as well as we recognize everyone for National Healthcare Week! Each year as we celebrate National Healthcare Week I am reminded of how fortunate I am to work with such a dedicated and talented group of people. Day in and day out,you give your best to those who need it most –our patients. Your compassion,caring,and generosity help touch and . . . →Read More:Celebrating our Team for National Healthcare Week! March 30th,2011
As we celebrate Doctor’s Day this year as we have in the past,I am reminded that a picture says a thousand words. With that in mind I will be brief and ask that you please enjoy the video (click above or here) we prepared this year to let our doctor’s know how we feel about them! To all of our doctor’s I offer my sincerest thanks for your compassion and dedication to the patients we serve everyday. Thank YOU! February 18th,2011
It was three years ago today that I began my career and journey as the new CEO for Jewish Hospital. It hardly seems that long ago,in fact I sometimes still catch myself saying that I’m “the new guy”though I think I’m officially past the point of being able to claim that I’m new anymore. However,in many respects that feeling of experiencing many new things for the first time at Jewish is still alive and well. From hand transplants to helping patients walk again after devastating injuries,and from researching new ways to use cardiac stem cells to . . . →Read More:Looking back on my first three years… November 11th,2010
Several months ago,I shared a post relating to partnership discussions we have been holding with Catholic Health Initiatives (Saint Joseph Health System) and University Medical Center. I am happy to announce today that our conversations have advanced to a letter of intent between these three organizations to merge into a singe statewide health network (press release copied below). While there is still much work to be done before a definitive agreement to merge can be reached,this is a major step forward for our system and for the Commonwealth. As a product of the proposed merger,the resulting statewide . . . →Read More:Creating a Statewide Health Network in Kentucky May 3rd,2010
Tomorrow we are hosting a lecture in honor on the 100th Anniversary of the Flexner Report. For those of you who didn’t know the significance behind our address,I thought I would share this summary and information with you as we celebrate the man behind this “game changing”report and his impact on medical education as we know it today. One hundred years ago,Louisville educator Abraham Flexner revolutionized the medical profession with his exhaustive report entitled “Medical Education in the United States and Canada.” The report,published in 1910,served as a catalyst for the standardization of medical . . . →Read More:The Flexner Report Centennial Symposium | | |
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