The Groves Connection

Rhonda is another storied healthcare leader with much to teach us. We follow her career from delivering babies on the south side of Chicago to CEO of a large metropolitan children's hospital. Rhonda has blazed a trail for women and nurses that few would attempt and even fewer might duplicate. Learn what makes Rhonda tick and what drives her nearly superhuman ability to sit on multiple boards while...

Here we are. Welcome to my conversation with Dr. Brent James. Dr. James served Intermountain Healthcare Executive Director of the Institute for Healthcare Delivery Research for more than two decades. He is a member of the faculty at Stanford, and invited lecturer at Harvard and is internationally recognized for clinical quality improvement, patient safety and true culture change. He has trained th...

In this episode I reveal the rationale for season one of The Groves Connection and cover the scope of the problem of healthcare, healthcare financing and the complexity of the issues we face. I also cover the first three guests that I will interview for this season.   Disclaimer: The Groves Connection is not liable for opinions of guests. Dr Groves is employed, and his full time employer is not li...

I asked Dr. Ed Clarke to be my first guest on the Groves Connection. Ed is the Chief Medical Officer of both Banner Health Network and the Banner Insurance Division. More important to me, Ed is a trusted colleague and friend. It felt natural to talk and share perspectives.   We discuss how Ed went from engineering to medicine and from the coast to the desert. We then cover a range of topics on val...