Guest Blogger – Dr. Jessie Tucker

I recently asked Dr. Jessie Tucker, Senior Vice President in the Harris County Hosptial District and Administrator at LBJ General Hospital, how he thought healthcare reform would affect Houston in general and LBJ specifically. I thought his comments were worth sharing. BK "Healthcare reform provides enormous promise for us to better develop a more integrated healthcare tapestry that improves care quality and cost efficiency. By encouraging activities that focus on care processes and outcomes from the patient's perspective, reform suggests that it will no longer be business as usual. Sound leadership will serve as the conductor for this very complex symphony of change and collaborative, team-oriented compliance programs will provide the string arrangement for the composition. Such leadership must foster a fertile environment for competence and commitment with a foundation in trust. The Harris County Hospital District's (HCHD) Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital (LBJ) and other member TMC affiliates are clearly... continue reading...