Becker's Healthcare March 31, 2025
Health system leaders are reorganizing teams and redesigning care delivery to prepare for long-term growth. They’re taking steps to “do more with less” amid staff shortages and tightening budgets.
But one thing that’s untouchable in pursuit of growth, according to Athena Minor, MSN, RN, chief nursing and clinical officer at Ohio County Healthcare in Hartford, Ky., is the system’s culture.
“Protecting culture is far more fiscally sound than growth at the cost of culture,” she told Becker’s. “Financial stability, especially in rural health, comes with a big question mark behind it these days. If your culture is healthy and on the right trajectory, that culture will drive positive outcomes, including financial outcomes; patients benefit, providers benefit, staff benefit and the...
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