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Strategic leadership. We know what you’re thinking—if I had a dime for every time I’ve heard ‘strategic leadership’ recently—and you aren’t alone! It’s becoming a hot topic in the healthcare industry, as more and more are discussing how strategic leadership impacts the work environment, as well as the qualities a strategic leader must possess.

So, what are the qualities a strategic leader must possess?

Although others are suffering, when it comes to job growth, the healthcare industry seems to be booming by comparison. In fact, the healthcare industry is projected to grow at a 26.5% rate from 2012-2022, while other industries are stuck at a slower projected rate of 8.9%.

That said, most of the jobs and growth will occur outside of the hospitals, which means it’s up to organization leaders and staffing experts to find the best way to take advantage of the healthcare growth wave as it comes.

Here are a few of the staffing trends expected to occur in healthcare in 2016

Although most of our physicians are taught and prepared to be great doctors, when it comes to figuring out how to be great leaders, they’re left on their own. This mean’s it’s up to healthcare organizations to help physicians hone in on, develop and improve their leadership capabilities.

In addition to investing in new technology and other innovations, healthcare organizations should also be investing in nurturing physician leadership capabilities.

Here are a few tips

What are two words you’ve gotten used to hearing? If you answered “healthcare reform,” you aren’t alone.

The industry climate has been changing for years now, and there’s no denying that we’re in the thick of things as we speak. And as the industry is changing, so are its organizations, causing many hospitals to merge and many physicians to seek these merger opportunities.

Here are four examples of the ways in which hospital mergers are beneficial to the healthcare market

We are only a few weeks into 2016, which means there’s still plenty of time to create and polish your new year’s resolutions. As an employee, you might feel like your knowledge and skills are constantly being analyzed and assessed. The workplace can be a competitive learning environment, which can lead to incredible personal and professional growth, if you’re using your resources and opportunities properly.

Keeping up in a competitive work environment can be exciting, challenging, motivating and nerve-wracking all at once. Many organizations have started offering learning opportunities for employees to assist in their professional development. Unfortunately, these opportunities might not meet the needs of every employee, which is why you might need to take the lead when it comes to pursuing your own professional development.

Ready to take charge of your own learning and development in the workplace? Here are some tips to help you get started

2016 is going to be a year of change! We say that every year, don’t we? But really, there are some big changes coming to healthcare in the New Year.

There are many new forces driving the healthcare industry—a stronger focus on value, fresh technology, and rising costs and trends—and experts believe that 2016 will be the year we see how the industry handles these new forces.

This article is Part 2 of our three-part series; find Part 1 here. We had the opportunity to interview D. David Sniff, Senior Advisor & Consultant and Roger L. Holloway, Senior Healthcare Consultant on the challenges facing rural healthcare systems.

COORS: With all of these challenges, what are some of the options available to CAHs or other rural hospitals?

We hope you had a happy Thanksgiving. Can you believe 2016 is just around the corner?

The holidays are here, and the last place anyone wants to be this time of year is as a patient at a hospital. That said, the holidays also bring an increase in patients seeking elective surgery, most likely due to the recovery time. Thanks to time off work and being surrounded by family members, it’s the best time of year for many. Some studies have shown that surgeries can increase up to 20% during the holidays.

You’ve heard it time and time again…After “this many” decades of working for one organization, “so-and-so” has now found themselves looking for a new job. Sometimes it’s voluntary, and sometimes not, but no matter what, transitioning careers late in life can leave anyone asking, “What now?”

This process of recareering, as this transition process is often called, is becoming more and more common as the hardworking baby boomers retire later and continue working even in retirement.

Recareering offers a unique set of challenges, including the risk of less pay and fewer health benefits. That said, there are positives to changing careers at an older age, which can in some cases include job flexibility and more relaxed work environments.

There are numerous factors affecting rural hospitals internally and externally, and in this Q&A, we’ve identified some, though not all, of the factors impacting organizations, as well as ways in which organizations may or may not be influenced. It is impossible to speak of Rural and Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) in generalizations, but there are common issues impacting many of these organizations. Also, there are approximately 400 hospitals commonly referred to as “tweeners”, or, more specifically, those hospitals between 25 and 100 beds that do not receive Cost-Based Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement and are paid instead on the Medicare Prospective Payment method. Many of those face some of these and other unique challenges.