DATE: July 25, 2024 FROM: Stephen K Klasko, M.D., M.B.A. Retired President & CEO, Thomas Jefferson University and Health System Current CEO, Steve’s Vinyl Emporium and Implantable Health Chips, South Street, Philadelphia Dear Colleagues, Here we are in the year...

We have it all wrong. Going around the country, I hear physicians and hospital administrators screaming that the end is near, or, as Woody Allen put it: “We are at a crossroads, one road leads to total destruction…the other to...

Hospitals need creative partnerships and a leadership team with imagination, communication, teamwork and emotional intelligence. Read more at hhnmag.com...

Three tenets from Wharton’s EMBA Program propelled this alumnus to become a future-forward, positive leader for the health care industry. It was a medical staff meeting in 1993 that did it. Managed care had taken hold of the reimbursement system....

How Jefferson’s Stephen Klasko Intends to Fix Our Screwed-Up Health-Care System The changing landscape of the American health-care system requires a fresh perspective and new ideas. A conversation with Philadelphia magazine’s John Marchese reveals thoughts for the future that include: technological...

Stephen Klasko hadn’t been running the Thomas Jefferson University empire for long before his thoughts turned to Sidney Kimmel. A Philadelphia native who became a billionaire in the fashion industry, Kimmel had given generously to Jefferson in the 1990s but...

TEDx speaker Dr. Stephen Klasko: The future of medicine and Jefferson 3.0 TEDx Philadelphia runs Friday at Temple University in front of a sold-out crowd. The theme is Philadelphia as the “New Workshop of the World.” This is one of...