Mike Niehoff M.D.

Dave, I believe as you do that education is vital to any change. Without people speaking up and getting some kind of critical mass to effectuate change through education, people leave the organization ASAP. They become frustrated and disenchanted with management not the work. People who bring up issues demonstrate real leadership and need to ask…[Read more]

Dave, I believe as you do that education is vital to any change. Without people speaking up and getting some kind of critical mass to effectuate change through education, people leave the organization ASAP. They become frustrated and disenchanted with management not the work. People who bring up issues demonstrate real leadership and need to ask…[Read more]

I am sure all candidates would have the necessary clinical qualifications. That being said, I would probe more on the candidates leadership skills and methods to solve problems. More specifically, I want the person to describe his leadership style and if he is experienced with process improvement methodology. I would certainly ask for examples.

Hi, I am Paul Gurny, Dave’s partner at ES4P. I also am a senior professional faculty member at the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business. On a personal note my wife and I have two children, Lauren and Peter, as well as two golden retrievers. In our spare time we like to do DIY projects. Welcome to the program, a little late I know and I a…[Read more]

Thanks for the introduction Paul.  It is great to have you with us.  I am well familiar with Beebe.  Mark Boytim from your joint center was in the last class we did with MSD.  He actually has helped us with our patient education initiative.  We have a vision of sending patients to class to educate them about their illness or condition or thei…[Read more]

Wow Barry. Sounds like you have your hands full. Welcome to the class. Sorry about the little delay this morning. We try to be responsive so don’t ever hesitate to reach out to us. I am looking forward to your discussion contributions. You are running a business on multiple levels.

Throughout history, what happens when the ruling class becomes unresponsive to the needs of the working class?  What happens when you feel your voice is not heard?  First frustration followed by change.  There are two things that catalyze change.  First is a critical mass of the disaffected.  The second is education to develop an unde…[Read more]