Veralon Views Blog
The Veralon Views blog is an extension of our partnership with leaders who are transforming the healthcare industry. Here, we share expert perspectives from our nationally recognized senior consulting team on issues that are key to the success of your organization.
Steven Summer, Retired President & CEO, Colorado Hospital Association, provides a three-pronged approach to crisis management to best position your organization before a potential crisis.
Steven Summer, Retired President & CEO, Colorado Hospital Association, outlines three steps to succession planning that your organization must take right now to ensure effective leadership through the eye of a storm.
Steven Summer, Retired President & CEO, Colorado Hospital Association, describes three ways hospital leadership will need to reevaluate their approach to supply chain in order to mitigate potential shortages caused by any future emergency.
COVID-19 delivered a gut punch to the outlook for not-for-profit hospitals in 2020, moving from a “stable but delicately balanced” outlook this past January to a negative outlook in late March due to the rapidly evolving pandemic. While independent hospital leaders have always needed to keep a careful eye on their organization’s ability to remain […]
Every organization has sacred cows. The financial challenge from COVID-19 calls for large scale improvements. This has emboldened our clients to address sacred cows, making tough changes that were unthinkable a few months ago. The time to act is now! Sacred cows to consider include: Underperforming Assets: Every organization has some assets that perform significantly […]
David Nash, Founding Dean Emeritus and Professor of Health Policy, Jefferson College of Population Health, provides the top three things hospitals and health system leaders must do to move forward in a post-COVID world from a population health perspective.
Intro to M&A Blog Series: As healthcare organizations brace for financial losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, some will have a harder time weathering the storm than others. It’s a predicament that could propel some not-for-profit hospitals and health systems into partnerships in 2020 and beyond. Just months ago, experts thought hospital and health system […]
The pandemic has led healthcare leaders to ask, “Should we just throw out our strategic plan?” Though much has changed, the quickest and most effective way to lead and make good decisions – and to reassure boards and other stakeholders – is to revise and build on your existing strategic plan[1]. It will help set […]
John Harris, Director of Veralon Partners, discusses ways hospitals can best position themselves for future peaks to ensure care of both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients and addresses the importance of actions taken by the hospital and community alike to mitigate the negative effects of the virus. Resource: http://www.veralon.com/covid-19-is-this-the-peak-or-just-a-peak/