Hospitals In Focus

Shantanu Agrawal leads the National Quality Forum - one of the most important organizations that you’ve probably never heard of. NQF was originally created during the Clinton Administration as a tool to promote and ensure patient protections and health care quality through measurement and public reporting for Medicare. Today their work touches all patients using three tenets: improvement, accounta...

You’ve been stabilized in the hospital after suffering a life altering medical condition, but now its time to start the path to getting back home – what’s next? When most people think of rehabilitation hospitals they probably imagine a place for a baseball player recovering from a sore elbow or a drug rehab center – somewhere they won’t ever have to go. But physical rehabilitation hospitals are a...

For the past 14 years, Sister Carol Keehan has led one of the largest hospital groups in the nation – the Catholic Health Association (CHA). Sister Carol has met with the Pope and cut deals with the President of the United States. Her career spans more than 50 years - from working in a children’s hospital in Florida to CEO of the CHA. She has been a key leader in health care policy decisions. On t...

While most other industries have made the transition from analog to digital, the US health care system has lagged behind. Ed Cantwell, the CEO of the Center for Medical Interoperability, talks to Chip about what his team is doing to drive plug-and-play interoperability among vital medical devices. Plus - they discuss the importance improving caregivers’ access to electronic health records, somethi...

Patient care is changing. No longer do you need to be within the four walls of the hospital to receive high quality care from your doctor. From free standing emergency rooms to outpatient clinics - Your community hospital is bringing care to you. In this episode, Sam and Chip discuss how hospitals are extending their reach into neighborhoods and rapidly becoming much more dynamic places to receive...

HCA Healthcare is already the largest provider of graduate medical education in the country and it has plans to keep growing the program – doubling it in size in the next few years. Dr. Michael Cuffe, President of the Physician Services Group at HCA Healthcare, is in charge of training the next generation of doctors. Listen in as he and Chip talk about how they are preparing our physicians to trea...

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. David Vandewater, President and CEO of Ardent Health Services explores how the company is forming partnerships with other hospitals and health systems to better serve patients. These partnerships are ensuring access to high quality health care for communities across the country. Listen in as he and Chip talk about how hospital partnerships are key...

Right care, right time, right place – it’s something that Ron Rittenmeyer, Executive Chairman and CEO of Tenet Healthcare thinks about a lot. Hospitals are changing and patients have more options than ever on where they want to receive care. In this episode, Chip dives in with Ron on why Tenet Healthcare is focusing on the new ways they are able to deliver care to patients. Free standing emergency...

While more than 90% of the United States is considered rural, only about 20% of our population calls it home. The people in rural America face unique challenges when accessing health care like extreme distances and, in certain areas, severe weather events. In this episode, LifePoint Health’s Chairman and CEO Bill Carpenter talks with Chip about the creative ways their hospitals are overcoming the...

From natural disasters to human tragedies, community hospitals have to be ready for anything and everything. Health care and hospitals especially have a role in every disaster that faces our country. In this episode, HCA Healthcare’s Mike Wargo, VP of Enterprise Preparedness and Emergency Operations sits with Chip in their brand new Emergency Operations Center in Nashville, TN.  They discuss how h...

Medicine, technology, and data science have merged in the 21st century. Using big data, hospitals and machines have come together to achieve better health outcomes for patients. In this episode, Chip talks with Dr. Jonathan Perlin, CMO and President of Clinical Services at HCA. They discuss how HCA’s size and scale is helping to collect, analyze and act on the wealth of information being collected...

Rapidly changing technology and turbulent politics are having a big effect on the health care industry – especially hospitals. The type of care that patients receive and where it is administered is evolving.  Health care financing and policies are also in constant flux. In part two of their discussion, Chip and Stuart Altman, a health care economist and professor at Brandeis University, look to th...

Hospitals are centers of medical care, scientific discovery, education and employment in communities from coast to coast, but how did we get here. In this episode Chip will discuss the making of the modern hospital with health care economist and professor at Brandeis University Stuart Altman. They talk about everything from breakthroughs in care to major changes in health care financing and how ea...

On this season of the new podcast from the Federation of American Hospitals, Chip Kahn, President and CEO will take a deep dive into your community hospital with experts in the field. What were hospitals like at the turn of the century? What do hospitals do when disaster strikes? How are hospitals using AI technology to improve patient care? Its all here on Hospitals In Focus with Chip Kahn. Liste...