To support employees and students impacted by the pandemic, the Jefferson Enterprise has established the COVID-19 Better Together Fund. “I am inspired by the Jefferson community every day, but now more than ever,” says Dr. Stephen K. Klasko, president of Thomas...
In a recent article on Becker’s Hospital Review, Dr. Stephen Klasko said, “The COVID-19 crisis will accelerate a disruption in how healthcare is delivered, paid for and perceived that would have happened anyway, albeit more slowly.” He then goes on to share five key insights on how COVID-19 has transformed the future of healthcare delivery, such as how healthcare systems can strategically use technology to...
In a recent “Modern Healthcare” op-ed, Dr. Stephen Klasko shares two things that COVID-19 has taught us: that healthcare systems need to embrace the “health assurance” concept, and that we need to support the surge capacity of powerful intensive-care units....
PHILADELPHIA, PA – Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA, has been named the first Distinguished Fellow of the World Economic Forum, and co-chair of the Forum’s Board of Stewards for The Future of the Digital Economy and New Value Creation, at...
To say that the closure of Hahnemann Hospital was a community crisis would be an understatement. In a recent “Modern Healthcare” op-ed, Dr. Stephen Klasko shares how Jefferson Health quickly responded to the challenges created by the closure but warns,...
Every year Modern Healthcare honors physician and nurse leaders working in the healthcare industry who are deemed influential in terms of demonstrating leadership and impact. Dr. Stephen Klasko was honored with the number 6 spot in the list for 2019...
Stephen Klasko only sleeps four to five hours a night claiming, “Sleep is overrated.” The topic of sleep is certainly contentious as research increases around the topic of sleep and its potential affect on one’s health. In a recent Philly.com...
On February 28, 2019, Steve Klasko joined Glen Tullman, executive chairman at Livongo, and Mark Ganz, CEO at Cambia Health Solutions for a fireside chat at Signum 2019. The panel titled “Redefining Payer and Provider Roles to Silence Noisy Healthcare”...
On January 25th, Steve Klasko spoke on a panel on the Future of Hospitals at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Hear his vision for the future of hospitals that includes empathetic care, telehealth, healthcare with no address, and other...
JeffMD, the updated curriculum at Thomas Jefferson University, includes a graphic medicine course which uses comics to teach students lessons in empathy, communication, and observation. Graphic Medicine instructor, Christian “Patch” Patchell, published a graphic novel that documented his treatment at...