A Small Fish in a Big Pond
Successfully operating an independent hospital in a sea of large hospital systems is no easy task. How do you maintain negotiating power? How do you retain staff? How do you keep private equity at bay? Kurt Barwis, President and CEO of Bristol Health in Bristol, CT, joins us to talk about how to stand out – and stand up – for his hospital’s independence, and his community.
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“When you suffer in silence, you don’t move the needle towards a solution.” – Matt Ramsey
“We need to talk about what is ailing our healthcare system and marshall the troops. This isn’t going to change by a bunch of physicians complaining to their employer. Promise you.” – Matt Ramsey
“We’re in the we’re in the middle of a freaking Armageddon and we’re supposed to be polite. I mean, goodness gracious, what is that?” – Matt Ramsey
“I think the fact that we can no longer have gallows humor, that we can no longer have vulgarity, that we can’t raise our voices sometimes it’s all lunacy.” – Wendy Dean
Notes & Resources
43cc wants to be factual and informational and be hopeful in a way that provides a mechanism to get through this mess and try to be better together.
Moral injury plays a major role in this circumstance as well.