Bruce Lawrence, president and CEO of Oklahoma’s INTEGRIS Health system, talks about the current state of healthcare and gives his perspectives and concerns about its future. Lawrence acknowledges that it is a challenging time for healthcare, but he also considers it exciting: “I’m enjoying the strategic aspect of it; spending time with our organization and …
In a 2012 interview I asked Bruce Lawrence, president and CEO of Oklahoma’s INTEGRIS Health system, to share about some of his organization’s current and future strategies. Lawrence responded, “What comes to mind is the work we’ve been doing to develop a clinical integration network. Basically it’s a way to bring individual physicians to the …
Senior healthcare executive Bruce Lawrence has enjoyed a long and successful career spanning more than three decades in healthcare leadership. Over the course of his career he has had the privilege of serving in executive roles in major health systems including the Baptist Health System in Little Rock, Arkansas, Baptist Health in Montgomery, Alabama, and …
AHL founder and CEO Dan Nielsen posed this question: “Based on your experience and success as a healthcare leader, what advice would you give healthcare professionals who aspire to be a healthcare CEO or senior executive?” Traci’s succinct, but very powerful response provides excellent food for thought and action: “You must be willing to take more risks!” …
AHL founder and CEO Dan Nielsen posed this question: “Based on your experience and success as a healthcare leader, what 2 or 3 pieces of advice would you give a junior executive who aspires to be a hospital or healthcare provider CEO or senior executive?” Traci’s first response was immediate, passionate, and based on significant personal and …
Virtually nothing is more important to healthcare provider leadership than physician relationships. Unfortunately, a significant number of healthcare leaders do not reach their full potential due to physician relationships. Other healthcare leaders enjoy great success, in large part due to their excellent physician relationships. It has been my observation and personal experience that the more …
Traci Bernard, president of Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Southlake, Texas, is passionate and totally committed to her role and responsibilities as a healthcare leader. She has held her current position since 2005, and previously served as vice president of operations at Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine, Texas for about eight years. Traci …
Jim Wetrich, current president and CEO of The Wetrich Group LLC, and former president and General Manager, The Americas at Mölnlycke Health Care, earned a Master of Health Administration from Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in 1982. He also earned an MBA from Emory University in Atlanta in 2009. Jim graduated number …
In 2012 I had the privilege of interviewing Jim Wetrich, who was then the president and General Manager of The Americas at Mölnlycke Health Care (now president & CEO, The Wetrich Group LLC). During the interview, Jim graciously shared some of his insights and perspectives in response to a wide-range of interview questions. Below are …