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Financial Literacy Month: Give Your Employees Relief from Medical Bills By Andrew Harris, Head of Growth at Paytient April is Financial Literacy Month and this year the “celebration” comes as consumers face higher interest rates, inflationary prices, and increased levels of household debt. Less generous health plans for employees also mean this Financial Literacy Month…

How Virsys12 Created Company Values to Inspire and Guide Employees by Tammy Hawes, CEO and Founder, Virsys12 As Gallup Principal Louis Efron stated in a December 2022 article, while most organizations have company values displayed on their website and in marketing materials, if you ask an employee about those values — what they mean or…

How Healthcare Leaders Can Combat Burnout From Work by Michael Burcham There are several forces at play in society that significantly impact healthcare: climate change, social inequality, inflation, and more. Burnout from work is another problem. To meet these challenges, we need healthcare leaders who nurture creativity, collaboration, and shared values. But what are the…

Four Ways to Shape the Future of American Healthcare    Preventing disease cannot only be the province of public health, especially after the pandemic revealed the impact that gaps in healthcare access and equity have on cities, states, and the country. U.S. healthcare companies and community health leaders must work together to shape the future…

Diverse Teams: Turning The Great Resignation to A Great Appreciation In June, Gallup released its annual State of the Global Workplace Report, which examines the experiences of workers worldwide. The news was not good: 60 percent of people are emotionally detached at work and 19 percent — nearly one in five — are downright miserable….

8 Healthcare Issues for Leaders to Address Today Authored by: Austin Burt, Joshua Livingston, Patrick Saale, Taylor Weis What are the most pressing healthcare issues today? How is our nation currently addressing these challenges? And what can we, as healthcare leaders and citizens, do to improve outcomes within our communities and across the country? The…

The New Business Case for Inclusion Say their names. Know their names. There has been a business case for inclusion for quite some time. But after the 2020 protests of the George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery deaths, there was a new focus on inequities and injustice leading to a new business case for…

Is Health Care Finally Focusing on Consumers? For years, the idea of consumerism in health care has been fodder for discussion among pundits. Often spoken about in aspirational tones, the idea that health care could reinvent itself to focus on customer-friendly practices has often seemed like wishful thinking. But, spurred by the recent dramatic rise…