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LEADER DIALOGUE: David Gifford with American Health Care Association (AHCA) – Deep Dive

November 11, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: David Gifford with American Health Care Association (AHCA) - Deep Dive

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In this deep dive discussion, hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon once again interview David Gifford, MD, MPH, the Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at the American Health Care Association, the largest association in the country representing long term and post-acute care facilities.

David Gifford/American Health Care Association (AHCA)

David Gifford, MD, MPH, is the Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at the American Health Care Association, the largest association in the country representing long term and post-acute care facilities. He helped create the department which assists providers in their quality improvement efforts and works with Administration officials on regulations and policies impacting the profession. Dr. Gifford also serves on the Board of the Advancing Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes campaign and the Baldrige Foundation Board.

He is a former Director of the Rhode Island State Department of Health, where he received the National Governor’s award for Distinguished Service Award for State Officials and was a semi-finalist for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Innovations in Government award for work on the nursing home survey process.

Prior to that, he served as Chief Medical Officer for Quality Partners of Rhode Island where he directed CMS’ national nursing home-based quality improvement effort. He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University and conducted his geriatric fellowship at UCLA where he also earned his Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology.

About SOAR Vision Group

The SOAR Vision Group mission is to: Align People with Purpose to Achieve Exceptional Results. SOAR provides best practice strategy execution, business process optimization services, and a structured organizational development approach for organizations to effectively implement the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework. For more information, contact SOAR Vision Group at (888) 294-3303 or visit soarvisiongroup.com.

About the Baldrige Foundation

The mission of the Baldrige Foundation is to ensure the long-term financial growth and viability of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, and to support organizational performance excellence in the United States and throughout the world. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is presented annually by the United States President to organizations that demonstrate quality and performance excellence. For more information, contact the Baldrige Foundation at (202) 559-9195 or visit baldrigefoundation.org.

LEADER DIALOGUE: David Gifford with American Health Care Association (AHCA)

November 1, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: David Gifford with American Health Care Association (AHCA)

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Hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon interview David Gifford, MD, MPH, the Senior Vice President of Quality and Regulatory Affairs at the American Health Care Association, the largest association in the country representing long term and post-acute care facilities.

Topics discussed include:

Evolution of the Baldrige: Which will include David’s background and stewardship of this national treasure.
Comparative results: What the research demonstrates when comparing Baldrige National award winners to their peers regardless of economic environment.
Performance excellence challenges in the Age of Consumerism: Understanding why customer loyalty is won on the battlefield of customer experience, and how to leverage the Baldrige performance excellence principles to accelerate short term gains, and hardwire a cultural transformation, creating a sustainable competitive advantage.

David Gifford/American Health Care Association (AHCA)

About SOAR Vision Group

About the Baldrige Foundation

LEADER DIALOGUE: Dr. Leigh Hamby of Piedmont Healthcare

October 18, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: Dr. Leigh Hamby of Piedmont Healthcare

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Lisa Counsell, Dr. Leigh Hamby, Ben Sawyer, Duffie Dixon

Hosts Ben Sawyer, Lisa Counsell and Duffie Dixon discuss how businesses can leverage the Baldrige framework in today’s competitive marketplace with special guest Dr. Leigh Hamby, the Chief Medical Officer of Piedmont Healthcare. Topics discussed will include:

Business Acumen: A review of Leigh’s background and his experience with the Baldrige Performance Excellence framework.
Current state: The challenging environment that a corporate leader of Piedmont Healthcare faces, and review the use of performance improvement and innovation to overcome challenges.
Performance excellence challenges in the Age of Consumerism: How organizations can best leverage the Baldrige PE framework to accelerate short-term gains and create a sustainable competitive advantage.

Dr. Leigh Hamby/Piedmont Healthcare

Leigh S. Hamby, M.D., MHA, is the chief medical officer at Piedmont Healthcare, the largest healthcare provider in Georgia. His responsibilities include oversight and coordination of medical staff issues at and between Piedmont hospitals. He is responsible for clinical quality initiatives, with a focus on key clinical drivers to improve patient safety.

Dr. Hamby joined Piedmont Atlanta in 2001. He served as a physician advisor and was later named the hospital’s first chief quality officer. Prior to joining Piedmont, Dr. Hamby was the director of healthcare quality and evaluation for VA Atlanta Network.

One of Dr. Hamby’s key accomplishments at Piedmont has been the implementation of Always Safe 2.0, the system’s comprehensive patient safety program. The program is part of Piedmont’s strategic goal of zero harm by 2026.

Always Safe incorporates evidence-based strategies and principles for improving quality and safety. The concept is that safety is every employee’s responsibility, and the principles in the program are applicable for every provider (physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners), nurse, clinician and non-clinical employee of Piedmont Healthcare. The program focuses on specific behaviors every individual can do, every day, to reduce harm. Examples include asking clarifying questions, read back and acknowledge, and nine other error-prevention tools.

After first implementing this program at Piedmont Henry, the hospital was named a 2018 Success Story Award winner from Press Ganey, one of only 16 organizations in the country to receive that award for its innovation and leadership in transforming patient care.

The results have turned Piedmont into one of the safest systems in the country. In the Leapfrog Fall 2018 Hospital Safety Grade, six Piedmont hospitals earned A grades, double that of any system in Georgia, and two others earned B grades. Among those hospitals that did not earn A’s were three that had recently joined the Piedmont system and were not yet on Piedmont’s electronic medical record software, Epic.

Under Dr. Hamby’s leadership, Piedmont has renewed its focus on preventing the occurrence of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). In Fiscal Year 2017 and Fiscal Year 2018 (the period from July 1, 2016, through June 30, 2018), Piedmont achieved a 40 percent reduction in HAIs. Since Fiscal Year 2016 (ending June 30, 2016), Piedmont has seen a 68 percent reduction in HAIs to the present (352 to 112).

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LEADER DIALOGUE: Leveraging the Baldrige Framework in Today’s Competitive Marketplace – Deep Dive

October 11, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: Leveraging the Baldrige Framework in Today’s Competitive Marketplace - Deep Dive

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On this deep dive episode of “Leader Dialogue”, hosts Ben Sawyer, Jennifer Strahan, and Duffie Dixon continue their discussion about leveraging the Baldrige framework in today’s competitive marketplace with special guest Scott McIntyre, the Chief Executive Officer of Guidehouse.

Scott McIntyre/Guidehouse

Scott McIntyre, the Chief Executive Officer of Guidehouse, brings to his role years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, debt and cost restructuring, and financial modeling. Prior to PwC, he served as a partner at KPMG serving defense and aerospace, government, and industrial manufacturing customers.

He chairs the Prevent Cancer Foundation’s board and sits on the board of the Baldrige Foundation. Scott holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington & Jefferson College, a master’s of business administration from Willamette University and a master’s of science from the Johns Hopkins University.

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LEADER DIALOGUE: Strategies to High Reliability

September 6, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: Strategies to High Reliability

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Topics discussed on this episode include:

Business Acumen: Which will include Craig’’s background and overview of Press Ganey
Current state: Discuss current strategies and opportunities for improvement in aiding healthcare organizations how to achieve and sustain High Reliable Organization (HRO) status.
Performance excellence challenges in the Age of Consumerism: Understanding how Consumerism impacts the inter-relations among quality improvement, process improvement, Baldrige Framework and high reliability in health systems.

Craig Clapper/Press Ganey

Craig Clapper is a founding partner of Healthcare Performance Improvement (HPI) and a partner in Press Ganey Transformational Advisory Services. HPI is a group that specializes in improving human performance in complex systems using evidence-based methods from high-reliability organizations. Craig has 30 years experience improving reliability in nuclear power, transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare. He specializes in cause analysis, system reliability, and safety culture transformation. Craig has led safety culture transformation engagements for Duke Energy, US Department of Energy, ABB, Westinghouse, Framatome ANP, Sentara Healthcare, and Sharp Healthcare.

Prior to being a partner in Press Ganey Transformational Services, Craig was the Chief Knowledge Officer of HPI, the Chief Operating Officer of HPI, the Chief Operating Officer of Performance Improvement International, Systems Engineering Manager for Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station, and Systems Engineering Manager for Palo Verde Nuclear Generation Station.

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering, Iowa State University
Professional Engineer (PE) licensure in Mechanical Engineering, State of Arizona
Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence (CMQ/OE), American Society for Quality (ASQ)

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LEADER DIALOGUE: Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan – Deep Dive

August 23, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan - Deep Dive

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Georgia Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan joins hosts Ben, Jennifer, Lisa and Duffie for a “deep dive” discussion about leadership, government, education, healthcare, technology and more on “Leader Dialogue”.

Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan

A former professional baseball player and successful entrepreneur, Geoff Duncan was elected Georgia’s Lieutenant Governor in November of 2018. Geoff’s faith inspired him to a life of leadership and prompted his upstart run for political office. He was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2012. During his time in office he authored several important pieces of legislation. These include HB 749 – The Cargo Theft Act, HB152 – Michael’s Law, and most recently SB258 – the Rural Hospital Tax Credit.

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Leader Dialogue: Performance Excellence Challenges in the Age of Consumerism – Deep Dive

July 26, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

Leader Dialogue: Performance Excellence Challenges in the Age of Consumerism - Deep Dive

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Jennifer Strahan, Niki Buchanan, Lisa Counsell

A deep dive discussion about Performance Excellence Challenges in the Age of Consumerism is provided by the hosts Lisa, Jennifer and Duffie, with special guest Niki Buchanan, Venture Leader of Population Insights & Care at Philips Wellcentive.

Niki Buchanan, Philips

Niki Buchanan serves as Venture Leader, Population Insights & Care at Philips. A dynamic, strategic, mission-driven and compassionate healthcare executive, Niki uses her distinctive customer-focused methodology to align solutions for organizations towards strategic products, solutions, and services that meet healthcare’s business transformation needs. As the General Manager of three global businesses, she directs the strategic planning initiatives for her leadership teams and supports the global strategy for Philips Health Technology.

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LEADER DIALOGUE: The Power of the Baldrige Framework – Deep Dive

June 28, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: The Power of the Baldrige Framework - Deep Dive

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A deep dive discussion about the power of the Baldrige framework is examined by the hosts Ben, Lisa and Duffie, with special guest and former healthcare industry CEO Lowell Kruse.

Lowell Kruse/Chair of Communities of Excellence

Lowell C. Kruse is the former CEO of Heartland Health in St. Joseph, Missouri. He retired in July 2009 after serving Heartland for 25 years as their CEO. Kruse came to St. Joseph in 1984 when the two existing community hospital boards had decided to come together and form Heartland Health to better serve the needs of the community and the broader region surrounding St. Joseph. He describes the vision of the organization as, “Heartland Health and its service area will be the best and safest place in America to receive healthcare and live a healthy and productive life.” As evidence of the organization’s progress toward that vision, they were the 2009 recipient of both the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the Foster G. McGaw Prize for Excellence in Community Service. During his 45 year career, Lowell served on numerous boards, committees, commissions and in leadership capacities in professional and civic organizations including State and National Jaycee Organizations, state hospital associations, American Hospital Association, Chamber of Commerce, United Way, State Commissions, health planning agencies, and similar organizations. He has been the recipient of a variety of personal and professional awards and recognitions during his career. Lowell currently serves as Co-Founder and Chair of Communities of Excellence 2026, the Board of Directors for the Baldrige Foundation and the Missouri Family and Community Trust.

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LEADER DIALOGUE: Evolution of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program – Deep Dive

May 10, 2019 by Mike

Gwinnett Studio

LEADER DIALOGUE: Evolution of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program - Deep Dive

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Bob Fangmeyer, the Director of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), returns for this deep dive episode of “Leader Dialogue”.

Topics discussed include:

Evolution of the Baldrige: This will include Bob’s background and stewardship of this national treasure.
Comparative results: What the research demonstrates when comparing Baldrige National award winners to their peers regardless of economic environment.
Performance Excellence Challenges in the Age of Consumerism: Understanding why customer loyalty is won on the battlefield of customer experience, and how to leverage the Baldrige performance excellence principles to accelerate short term gains, and hard-wire a cultural transformation, creating a sustainable competitive advantage.

Bob Fangmeyer/Baldrige Performance Excellence Program

Bob Fangmeyer joined the Baldrige Program in 1997 and after serving in numerous roles over the years was named Director in November 2013. Since then, Bob has been focused on expanding the reach and impact of Baldrige, providing new and improved products and services, ensuring efficient and effective operations, and planning for strategic capability and capacity needs. Bob has owned and managed small businesses and holds a master of business administration degree from the University of Maryland.