by Tom Peterson | Aug 9, 2016 | Stakeholder Health Reflection
By Gary Gunderson In about three months we’ll be in a new world. Whether our president elect is Mr. Trump or Secretary Clinton everyone in a position of public responsibility will find themselves in a bruised and disoriented body politic. From the new...
by Tom Peterson | Jul 11, 2016 | Stakeholder Health Reflection
The following is adapted from a speech Lars Houmann gave to business leaders in Florida earlier this year. Houman is the CEO for the roughly 20-hospital division of Adventist Health System that exists in Florida. Radical pioneers I’ll begin...
by Tom Peterson | May 2, 2016 | Stakeholder Health Reflection
By Gary Gunderson Perhaps you’ve met a human. You have probably noticed that we can be hard to help. Perhaps you’ve been to a planet like Earth and noticed the same thing, except in 7 billion different ways. How do you help something with 7 billion moving parts be...
by Tom Peterson | Apr 5, 2016 | Stakeholder Health Reflection
By Dr. Patricia Maryland Tragedy tends to bring out the best in Americans Our nation continues to marshal support for the people of Flint, Michigan, as the city rebuilds after its water supply was found to be contaminated with extremely dangerous amounts of lead. The...
by Tom Peterson | Mar 28, 2016 | Health Resources, Stakeholder Health Reflection
A new message from RWJF president and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey starts with an image from the AIDS quilt. Near the front door of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation hangs a quilt that tells the stories of several lives—stories of love, spirit,...
by Tom Peterson | Feb 3, 2016 | About Stakeholder Health, Stakeholder Health Reflection
By Tom Peterson Helping Americans move to better health seems like an impossible, quixotic dream. But it is possible. And because of their unique size and role, health systems could hold the key. The more than 5,000 hospitals have a combined budget of $3.8 trillion....