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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...
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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...
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Thomas Jefferson University, in collaboration with prestigious institutions in Italy, signed an agreement to launch the world’s first-ever dual-medical degree program, enabling a cohort of physicians to practice medicine in both the United States and the European Union. Under the...
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In a recent op-ed Dr. Stephen Klasko, CEO of Jefferson Health and president of Thomas Jefferson University discusses NBC’S New Amsterdam. The new show features a doctor named Max Goodwin, who enters a new position as a medical director and...
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“Jefferson Health, the Philadelphia-based hospital system, will offer free genetic testing to its 30,000 employees in a collaboration with DNA sequencing firm Color Genomics, the organizations tell Fortune. And more than 4,000 of them have already requested the kits. ‘Jefferson...
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AUSTIN, Texas—In an industry that’s been overrun by gadgets and widgets that promise to help with the rapidly changing landscape, digital tools will not be enough to transform healthcare, warn system leaders.”This is not about making a better caterpillar,” said...
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Stephen Klasko, MD, president and CEO of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health was the only hospital executive named among Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business for 2018, which he attributes to a fundamental problem in the healthcare leadership pipeline. Dr. Klasko...
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Dr. Stephen K. Klasko, President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business in 2018 by Fast Company for his efforts in “making large-scale healthcare personal.” The...
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The following is an excerpt from linkedin.com on Dr. Steve Klasko’s new book, “Bless This Mess”: Amazing news, really. In 2035, the Intergalactic Council of Cool Healthcare Systems actually elected the United States to membership! Many delegates from far-off planets...
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The following is an excerpt from wsj.com: Regarding “The Future of Hospitals” (Journal Report, Feb. 26), hospitals of the future must move health care from the expensive, inefficient and inequitable model we have now to one that truly empowers consumers...
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