Deloitte November 14, 2019
Eight questions for Providence St. Joseph Health’s chief strategy officer
In a rapidly changing health ecosystem, many hospitals and health systems are relying on strategy leaders to help navigate shrinking margins, aggressive competitors, value-based payment models, and increased consumer demands. The Deloitte Center for Health Solutions recently surveyed more than 60 health care strategy leaders (CSOs) from health systems and health plans—and conducted interviews with 10 more to learn more about this increasingly influential position.
One of our interviewees was Carladenise Edwards, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief strategy officer (CSO) at Providence St. Joseph Health (PSJH), a health system that operates 51 hospitals across seven states. Carladenise became PSJH’s vice president of population health in 2016 and was named...