Letter from a Fan of St. Luke’s Nurses
Today, my guest blogger is Cy Gearhard, chief nursing officer and vice president of patient care for the West Region of St. Luke’s Health System. In the post below, Cy writes about our upcoming Magnet®...
View ArticleSt. Luke’s Technology: ‘more services locally’
Editor’s note: The article that follows originally appeared as a column under a different title in the Idaho Statesman’s Business Insider. Do you have family in rural parts of Idaho? Do you sometimes...
View ArticleSt. Luke’s CEO: Heartfelt Thanks for my Wife’s Care
I have often said that we must build the healthcare system we want for our own care and that of our friends and family, because sooner or later, if not already, chances are we will need our services....
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Lessons from my Mother – and Enron and President Nixon
Dennis Mesaros, administrator of St. Luke’s Meridian, is my guest blogger today. This is Dennis’ first contribution to the blog. As I introduce new leaders to our organization, I often ask them to...
View ArticleSt. Luke’s, the Supreme Court, and Saltzer
The question for St. Luke’s as to whether to appeal our antitrust case to the U.S. Supreme Court has been an important one, and one we have not taken lightly. From the beginning, St. Luke’s has known...
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Telehealth: Extended St. Luke’s Quality Care Close to Home
St. Luke’s is always looking at how technology can help us deliver on our aims of better health, better care, and lower costs. Telehealth is one such technology that is making our care better, safer,...
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St. Luke’s MetSyn Efforts Show Just How Complicated Healthcare Transformation Is
What happens when a group of committed, empowered patients and equally involved medical professionals score a clear health victory, but it’s not something that health care is ready for? It’s a question...
View ArticleSt. Luke’s Dr. David Pate: The Programs Work. It’s Fee for Service That Doesn’t.
When St. Luke’s Health System made our strategic framework available to the public a couple of years ago, we indicated that the transformation of health care we are seeking to achieve for the benefit...
View ArticleSt. Luke’s Pulmonary Nodule Committee: ‘An outstanding service to our...
Many hospitals and health systems talk about the Triple Aim, which for St. Luke’s is better health, better care, and lower costs. How many of them are really making investments in health, for which...
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St. Luke’s Cody Langbehn on Community Connectedness
There are great things happening at St. Luke’s Wood River under the leadership of Cody Langbehn. Cody is my guest blogger today and he gives examples of just how much can be achieved when a critical...
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