When do I need a mentor and when do I need a coach? Utah Coaching Advancement Network (UCAN) co-director Tony Tsai partners with physicians Jared Henricksen, Amy Locke and Ryan Murphy to explore the benefits of professional career coaching in carving your own career path—along with the added benefit of fostering a sense of community, purpose and belonging.
Continually speaking up is one of the most challenging things an employee does, and making it safe to speak up takes consistent supportive leadership. Members of the patient support services team share how to empower employees to highlight issues and provide solutions.
Health care delivery is ripe for digital disruption. How are we preparing for the future at U of U Health? Chief Information Officer Donna Roach outlines the path forward and what it takes to transform health care to meet an increasingly digital future.
Senior Nursing Director Rita Aguilar shares how a pivotal medical experience at the age of 17 sparked her interest in becoming a nurse. Years later, Rita is applying the same level of compassion and support she received from that experience to encourage others in seeking a career in health care and diversifying the medical field.
After a year like none other, feeling inspired and motivated takes hard work. Interim Chief Operating Officer Alison Flynn Gaffney walks us through how to find and reignite inspiration and motivation.
Senior value engineer Cindy Spangler is back to share how a few simple improvement tips enable processes to reach new levels of reliability.
“I don’t like feeling angry, I don't want to feel this way all the time.” Community partner and licensed clinical social worker Jean Whitlock shares the importance of tending to stress injuries as a result of prolonged pandemic strain.
Senior Value Engineer Luca Boi considers the link between well-being and problem-solving by examining our impulse to “continuously cope” rather than “continuously improve.”
Join the University of Utah community as we celebrate Women's Week. This year’s Women’s Week will validate and acknowledge the struggles we have been experiencing over the past two years and explore the ways we are shifting, striving, and thriving to become stronger as we emerge to a new future.
Huntsman Mental Health Institute psychiatrist Jeremy Kendrick, operations manager James Stamos and project facilitator Mckenzy Schiffman introduce the CALL-UP program—a state-wide psychiatry consult service to support pediatricians and PCPs with difficult mental health cases.
Complex systems require complex cross-functional teams who often experience culture clash. Director of Patient Safety Iona Thraen joins nurse leaders Emily Salisbury and Doug Clapp to examine a recent safety event through the lens of “Wicked-Problem Solvers”—drawing insights from successful cross-functional teams.
Chief Medical Information Officer Maia Hightower shares a group exercise for exploring bias in the workplace that helps teams build connection and meaning.
