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Today's guest is Jen Gilkie, Chief Marketing Officer for Dartmouth Health, one of the largest health systems in northern New England. Jen has had a fascinating and surprising career journey from studying theater here at the University of New Hampshire to being the chief of staff for the 2014 Super Bowl Host Committee to finding her way to healthcare and marketing. In this podcast we discuss rebranding, messaging during COVID, and more. Thank you for reading Health Leader Forge. This post is public so feel free to share it.Links discussed in this podcast:Dartmouth Health https://www.dartmouth-health.org/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital https://www.nyp.org/UNH Theatre and Dance https://cola.unh.edu/theatre-danceLincoln Center for the Performing Arts https://www.lincolncenter.org/homeOther options to listen to this podcast:YouTube: Apple Podcasts: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthleaderforge.substack.com

Today's guest is Chris Dougherty, President and CEO of Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Brattleboro, Vermont. Chris knew from a young age that he wanted to be a healthcare leader to serve the most vulnerable in our communities. He has done exactly that, having been a hospital CEO on both coasts and in Texas. In this podcast, Chris shares his career journey and the lessons he learned from working in different types of hospitals and in different geographies, leading up to his current role as CEO of a community hospital here in northern New England. Thanks for reading Health Leader Forge! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Links discussed in this podcast:Brattleboro Memorial Hospital https://www.bmhvt.org/Shriners for Children Medical Center in Pasadena, CA https://www.shrinerschildrens.org/en/locations/southern-california Covenant Women's and Children's Hospital and Lakeside Campus https://www.providence.org/locations/covenant-health/childrens-hospitalChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia https://www.chop.edu/Other options to listen to this podcast: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthleaderforge.substack.com

Today's guest is Darin Roark, President and Chief Operating Officer of Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, New Hampshire. Darin has an unusual path, from working in an insurance company to becoming a nurse specialized in emergency medicine and intensive care, to leading large organizations. His path also took him from Illinois to Florida to Dover, New Hampshire, just one town over from UNH. I really enjoyed hearing Darin's story and learning about his deep commitment to patient care while also incorporating a deep understanding of business. Thanks for reading Health Leader Forge! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.Links discussed on this podcast:* Wentworth-Douglass Hospital https://www.wdhospital.org/wdh* Mass General Brigham https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en* Baptist Medical Center Clay https://www.baptistjax.com/locations/baptist-medical-center-clay * Advocate Health Care https://www.advocatehealth.com/* Carle Foundation Hospital https://carle.org/locations/carle-foundation-hospital Other options to listen to the podcast:Spotify Apple Podcasts * YouTube https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWAR9LUGZi4mT4d01Lo_VqU4TxJKoW0Fu&si=FtHyR4Nym9bQSGRV This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthleaderforge.substack.com

Today's guest is Kelly Barton, President of Maine Behavioral Healthcare, part of the MaineHealth System. Maine Behavioral Healthcare offers a full spectrum of behavioral health care, from community-based counseling and rehabilitation to a dedicated behavioral health hospital.   In this podcast we talk about Kelly's career journey starting as a unit coordinator in the emergency department through leadership roles in a variety of organizations. We discuss some of the challenges facing behavioral health providers currently, and we close on a discussion of leadership.Links discussed on this podcast:* Maine Behavioral Healthcare https://www.mainehealth.org/maine-behavioral-healthcare * MaineHealth https://www.mainehealth.org/* Community Health Network https://www.ecommunity.com/* Gundersen Health System https://www.gundersenhealth.org/Other options to listen to the podcast:* Apple Podcasts* YouTube: This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthleaderforge.substack.com

Today's guest is Paul E. Fort, the CEO of FedPoint. FedPoint is a fast-growing provider of benefit administration and technology solutions for large institutional sponsors, with focus on the federal government of the United States and its numerous departments and agencies. In this podcast we talk about Paul's unusual career journey to become an insurance executive – he first earned a PhD in Renaissance English Literature before making his way into the insurance industry. Paul began working in the long-term care insurance space in the late ‘80's, and has been a leader in the field for decades. Not only has he led FedPoint's growth, but he has also published a number of articles making recommendations to the industry on how to reform long-term care insurance to make it more affordable and sustainable. We close on a discussion of leadership.

Today's guest is Paul E. Fort, the CEO of FedPoint. FedPoint is a fast-growing provider of benefit administration and technology solutions for large institutional sponsors, with focus on the federal government of the United States and its numerous departments and agencies. In this podcast we talk about Paul's unusual career journey to become an insurance executive – he first earned a PhD in Renaissance English Literature before making his way into the insurance industry. Paul began working in the long-term care insurance space in the late ‘80's, and has been a leader in the field for decades. Not only has he led FedPoint's growth, but he has also published a number of articles making recommendations to the industry on how to reform long-term care insurance to make it more affordable and sustainable. We close on a discussion of leadership.Links to podcast: SpotifyYouTube:  Apple Podcasts: Links to Topics Discussed:FedPointNYT/KFF article discussed: Facing Financial Ruin as Costs Soar for Elder CarePaul Forte, Realigning LTCI—Private Long-Term Care Insurance and the Health Care ContinuumRichard Hooker Wikipedia Site: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hooker This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthleaderforge.substack.com

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EbgDrd-cjOZEryvcRiSI2UgBR6B0FtTuAWxjdKhyMUmc9w?e=2y6063

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: Ch 14 – The Future of the Health - 2023.pptx

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( ⁠https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF⁠ ) A link to the slide deck is here: ⁠Ch 13 - health policy - 2023.pptx

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: Ch 13 - health policy - 2023.pptx

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EeMLLaDUlPROptw-_r6pCgUBL8siAzxcylSbQRdtyDoUjQ?e=xs3eie

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EeMLLaDUlPROptw-_r6pCgUBL8siAzxcylSbQRdtyDoUjQ?e=xs3eie

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/ESpr6pUeOkBMtXo0_7NUuyMBvFAk84uNFJ2FUzrRNWU72A?e=MWzdK6 

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/ESpr6pUeOkBMtXo0_7NUuyMBvFAk84uNFJ2FUzrRNWU72A?e=MWzdK6 

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/ESpr6pUeOkBMtXo0_7NUuyMBvFAk84uNFJ2FUzrRNWU72A?e=K8ZBj4

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/ESpr6pUeOkBMtXo0_7NUuyMBvFAk84uNFJ2FUzrRNWU72A?e=K8ZBj4

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF⁠⁠ ) A link to the slide deck is here: ch 9 lecture - managed care.pptx

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( ⁠https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF⁠ ) A link to the slide deck is here: ch 9 lecture - managed care.pptx

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( ⁠https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF⁠ ) A link to the slide deck is here: ⁠Ch 8 – Inpatient Care.pptx⁠

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: Ch 8 – Inpatient Care.pptx

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EckDj8Nose5PmmvImbX3GeYBrgo-UVNWc-cSBsU-kIocIQ?e=ZgJoaV

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EckDj8Nose5PmmvImbX3GeYBrgo-UVNWc-cSBsU-kIocIQ?e=ZgJoaV

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EchwwDXOJSVBrB2O7r1-hzEBaqS2Q-S0GTUqmN_ge8oSDA?e=0GIkPw

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EVPBwIJ-tPRPrcUSj2iBYh4BM-2_e9NlWwsHYqP0TKqbEw?e=MLE3Wf

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EeA39jisq7dMrgsHOMLrUbsBgLauMVX7paFwKwavNg9JPw?e=drpsYU

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EQXZBniC3bNMvFn7j4rlw14BpBpSc-2miCm4EKu7nSOifg?e=lD6hBg

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EQXZBniC3bNMvFn7j4rlw14BpBpSc-2miCm4EKu7nSOifg?e=lD6hBg

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EQwTRBiZakhGnzOjHeOkSDAB--ngttbjM_kTWsSoR-r6zA?e=vjM7Vh

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( ⁠https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF⁠ ) A link to the slide deck is here: ⁠https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EQwTRBiZakhGnzOjHeOkSDAB--ngttbjM_kTWsSoR-r6zA?e=vjM7Vh

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EQwTRBiZakhGnzOjHeOkSDAB--ngttbjM_kTWsSoR-r6zA?e=vjM7Vh

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EQwTRBiZakhGnzOjHeOkSDAB--ngttbjM_kTWsSoR-r6zA?e=vjM7Vh

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. A video version of this lecture is available here: https://youtu.be/oMVWvjOIE38 These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EchwwDXOJSVBrB2O7r1-hzEBaqS2Q-S0GTUqmN_ge8oSDA?e=0GIkPw

This episode has been published and can be heard everywhere your podcast is available. This recording is from my course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems for summer, 2023. These lectures were used in the online version of the course. A video version of the course is available here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7N8MpxkX1b3n27DfOUpvad2nwB4O5bY5 Slides accompanying the lecture are available here:  chapter3 - 2023.pptx

This recording is from my course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems for summer, 2023. These lectures were used in the online version of the course. A video version of the course is available here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7N8MpxkX1b3n27DfOUpvad2nwB4O5bY5 Slides accompanying the lecture are available here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EXNNu6INCc1OlbzWuNVzebwBGS9COnHjL_uoz0YeUpAXgw?e=6MC1C3

This recording is from my course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems for summer, 2023. These lectures were used in the online version of the course. A video version of the course is available here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7N8MpxkX1b3n27DfOUpvad2nwB4O5bY5 Slides accompanying the lecture are available here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EeA39jisq7dMrgsHOMLrUbsBgLauMVX7paFwKwavNg9JPw?e=drpsYU

This series of lectures supports the course HMP 401, US Healthcare Systems, for Summer 2023. These lectures are meant to accompany readings from the text Shi and Singh, Delivering Healthcare in America, 8th ed. (ISBN: 9781284124491) ( https://amzn.to/3BRjfUF ) A link to the slide deck is here: https://universitysystemnh-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/mjb1003_usnh_edu/EXNNu6INCc1OlbzWuNVzebwBGS9COnHjL_uoz0YeUpAXgw?e=6MC1C3

Today's guest is Dr. Jeffrey Fetter, the Chief Medical Officer for the New Hampshire State Hospital. Dr. Fetter is a board-certified physician in both internal medicine and psychiatry, and has spent his career caring for some of the most vulnerable patients in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire State Hospital is a secure, inpatient psychiatric hospital for patients with serious mental illness. In this podcast we talk about Dr. Fetter's journey through medicine, including how he was sure the one specialty he would not do was psychiatry, to his previous roles as the chief medical officer for a community mental health clinic and chief medical officer for the New Hampshire state prison system. This is a great conversation about the practice of medicine, but also about the importance of physician leadership. For more information, please see our website, https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2022/10/dr-jeffrey-fetter-md-chief-medical.html

Today's guest is Jason Dupuis, the Chief Patient Experience Officer for PM Pediatrics Health. In this podcast we talk about his early career at Boston Children's where he rose to the director of the Emergency Department before he was thirty, and then how he got a job with PM Pediatrics when it was an emerging pediatrics urgent care chain because he had written his master's thesis on the need for pediatrics urgent care in Massachusetts. When the founders heard what he had written, they told him to write his own job description. I had a lot of fun with this interview because Jason is also an alumni of my department's undergraduate program and I've known him for several years, though I had never had the chance to hear his whole story. For more information, please see our website: https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2022/09/jason-dupuis-chief-patient-experience.html

Today's guest is Dr. Bill Hudenko. Dr. Hudenko is a licensed psychologist who has extensive clinical experience working with children who have disruptive-behavior disorders and autism-spectrum disorders. Dr. Hudenko is is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Dartmouth College, an Adjunct Assistant Professor of clinical psychology at Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine. He is also an entrepreneur and innovator in the area text-based behavioral health care. In this interview, we talk about how he came to the field of psychology, his research into laughter, and how his love of technology, and desire for an iPad, led him to explore text-based psychotherapy, and ultimately set him on the road to being an entrepreneur in the field of behavioral health. You'll hear me say, “wow!” a lot in this interview because Dr. Hudenko's research and entrepreneurial efforts, especially now with his role at K-Health, seem to promise real improvements in cost, access, and quality for healthcare. For more information, please go to https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2022/08/dr-bill-hudenko-phd-global-head-of.html

Colonel Peacock has had a fascinating career from being a medevac pilot flying black hawks to being the vice provost of the Army Medical Department's facility for training the majority of medical specialties in the Army, to being the Commander of the BG Crawford F. Sams Army Health Clinic in Camp Zama Japan. In this podcast, Colonel Peacock shares her career journey, what it was like to command a military clinic in a foreign country during a pandemic, and we conclude with advice for emerging leaders. For more information see: https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2022/07/colonel-tanya-peacock-commander-bg.html

Today's guest is my colleague Dr. Tyler Jamison, associate professor of Human Development and Family studies here at the University of New Hampshire. Tyler is an expert in the field of young adult romantic relationships. I asked Tyler to join me today because romantic relationships are an important part of health and leading a meaningful and fulfilling life. In this podcast we talk about how Tyler came to study emerging adults and romantic relationships, what emerging adulthood is, and ultimately how leaders should understand that emerging adults have unique needs particular to their life-stage. For more information, please see: https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2022/06/tyler-jamison-phd-unh-human-development.html

In this podcast I had the honor of interviewing Major General (retired) David Rubenstein. Among the many duties of his career, General Rubenstein was the commander of the Army Medical Department Center and School, which was the unit where I was an instructor before I retired from the Army, and he was also the chief of the Medical Service Corps, the Army branch that I served in for 23 years. Although I did not work directly with him on active duty, I can say that General Rubenstein was one of the most respected Medical Department generals I knew of during my career. While I only saw him at a distance while we were on active duty, over the last several years I have had the opportunity to get to know him post-retirement through our mutual interest in health administration education, and we had corresponded regularly about my RWL newsletter, so it was a real pleasure to get to interview him about his remarkable career. For more information, please see our website: https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2022/03/major-general-david-rubenstein-fache-us.html

Today's guest is Dr. Seoka Salstrom, Founder & Director of the Hanover Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, in Hanover, NH. Seoka has a phd in clinical psychology and specializes in evidence-based behavioral health interventions, with a special interest in anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders. In this podcast we discuss how she grew up in a house without electricity, how she found her way to psychology through a vision quest, her rigorous training in clinical psychology, and how she has founded not one but two successful practices, and finally what her long-term goals are in building a behavioral health practice in rural New Hampshire. For more information see the episode page at https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2022/01/seoka-salstrom-phd-founder-director.html

Today's guest is my colleague Dr. Anita Tucker, professor of Social Work, and associate director of the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH) Center here at the University of New Hampshire. She is also a co-author of the recent textbook, Adventure Group Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Treatment. Anita was an early practitioner of adventure group therapy in the Social Work field, and through her research she has been a leader in developing the practice. In this podcast we talk about Anita's journey to the field of Social Work, and specifically adventure group therapy. We conclude with a discussion of the Facilitated Wave Theory that is the basis for her recent book. For more information, please see our website: https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2021/12/anita-tucker-phd-msw-licsw-department.html

Today's guest is Andrew Calkins, the CEO of Sage Family of Companies. Andrew has extensive experience as a healthcare executive in a wide range of healthcare delivery organizations including long-term care, hospice, home health, and outpatient mental health. In this podcast, we talk about how he went from a clerk in the mailroom to managing complex, geographically dispersed organizations. Andrew's career journey put him in contact with several private equity firms as he went through numerous mergers and acquisitions. We talk about what it is like to lead through a sale, and we talk about how private equity operates. I think one of the key take-aways from Andrew's story, especially for early careerists, is how important professional reputation is, and how important it is to build a strong professional network. For more information, see our website: https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2021/11/andrew-calkins-ceo-of-sage-family-of.html

Today's guest is Dr. Neil Meehan, the Chief Physician Executive of Exeter Health Resources. Dr. Meehan is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, and was the driving force behind the creation of the New Hampshire Physician Leadership Development Program, a joint effort between the New Hampshire Medical Society, the New Hampshire Hospital Association, and the University of New Hampshire. In this podcast we discuss Dr. Meehan's own journey from living in a music studio above a peanut butter factory through medical school, residency, and his own development as a physician leader. We discuss in detail what the medical school and residency experiences are like because the New Hampshire Physician Leadership Development Program has a unique flavor based on Dr. Meehan's own experience of medical training, as well as his observations about how physician training creates some specific challenges for physicians who want to transition from lead clinician to clinician-leader. I have been part of the Physician Leadership program since its inception, so it was fun to talk with Neil and capture some of the stories and insight I have heard him share over the last few years. This is the abridged version of the interview. In this version of the interview, I cut out our discussion of medical school and residency and what it is like to become a physician. If you would like to listen to the full version, please go to https://anchor.fm/healthleaderforge/episodes/Dr--Neil-Meehan--Chief-Physician-Executive--Exeter-Health-Resources-e13luf0

Today's guest is Dr. Neil Meehan, the Chief Physician Executive of Exeter Health Resources. Dr. Meehan is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician, and was the driving force behind the creation of the New Hampshire Physician Leadership Development Program, a joint effort between the New Hampshire Medical Society, the New Hampshire Hospital Association, and the University of New Hampshire. In this podcast we discuss Dr. Meehan's own journey from living in a music studio above a peanut butter factory through medical school, residency, and his own development as a physician leader. We discuss in detail what the medical school and residency experiences are like because the New Hampshire Physician Leadership Development Program has a unique flavor based on Dr. Meehan's own experience of medical training, as well as his observations about how physician training creates some specific challenges for physicians who want to transition from lead clinician to clinician-leader. I have been part of the Physician Leadership program since its inception, so it was fun to talk with Neil and capture some of the stories and insight I have heard him share over the last few years.

This podcast is a recording of a live panel held jointly sponsored by the sponsors of this podcast, the Department of Health Management and Policy at the University of New Hampshire and the Northern New England Healthcare Executives, the local chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives. The panel was titled, COVID-19: What We Learned - Staffing & People Resources. I had the opportunity to moderate, and our panel featured Eileen Keefe, Chief Nursing Officer, Parkland Medical Center, Derry, New Hampshire, Carol Majewski, Associate Chief Quality Officer for Patient Experience for the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, and Colonel Kim Aiello, Commander, 44th Medical Brigade, Fort Bragg, North Carolina. If you would like to see the video of the event, please see our website, http://healthleaderforge.org

Today's guest is Mary Helen McSweeney-Feld. Mary Helen is an associate professor at Towson University in the Department of Health Sciences. Mary Helen is the author of one of the leading textbooks in the field of long-term care, Dimensions of Long-Term Care: An Introduction, and is a recognized leader in long-term care education nationally. In this podcast I talk with Mary Helen about her journey from an early interest in political science and international affairs to discovering the nascent field of health economics in the 80's, and her transition to an interest in long-term care as a result of having to care for both her father and father-in-law when they suffered from debilitating terminal illnesses. Mary Helen makes a passionate case for long-term care, pointing out the economic opportunities for entrepreneurs, as well as young people looking for a meaningful and well compensated career. For more information, please see our web site, Http://healthleaderforge.org

Today's guest is Steve Ahnen, the President and CEO of the New Hampshire Hospital Association. The New Hampshire Hospital Association is an independent, non-profit association representing the interests of the hospitals in the state of New Hampshire. Steve joined the New Hampshire Hospital Association in 2008 after spending sixteen years in progressive leadership roles with the American Hospital Association in Washington, DC. In this podcast we talk about the role of both the American Hospital Association and the New Hampshire Hospital Association, and what it is like to work as an industry advocate at the national and state levels. For more information, please see our website: https://healthleaderforge.blogspot.com/2020/12/steve-ahnen-president-ceo-new-hampshire.html

Today's guest is Chris Sloan, the Chief Operating Officer of Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Washington. Capital Medical Center is a 107-bed hospital with about 600 employees. It is part of LifePoint Health, a for-profit hospital system headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee. Chris joined Capital Medical Center after retiring from the Army Medical Service Corps in September of 2019, with 23 years of service as a military medical logistician and hospital administrator. During his service he deployed to Kosovo and Iraq, and ended his career as the Chief Operating Officer for Madigan Army Medical Center, one of the Army's largest hospitals. In this podcast we talk about Chris's military career, transition to leadership in the civilian sector, his leadership philosophy, and, since this interview was originally recorded in October of 2020, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. for more information, please see our website: http://healthleaderforge.org