Jennifer Strahan will be joining the Leader Dialogue co-hosts on the Oct 17, 2022, podcast. The podcast topic is Innovation: Pragmatic Approaches to Innovation During Challenging Times. 

Some of you may already know Jennifer from the key insights she provided on this LeaderDialogue podcast during the height of the pandemic, including advice and guidance on how to best manage through that emerging crisis. Jennifer is considered a national industry thought leader and operational executive. She has extensive knowledge of healthcare strategy and operations gained by leading hundreds of organizations to successfully strategize priorities and achieve targeted results across every domain of healthcare. Specific areas of expertise include end-to-end patient flow, physician practice and hospital service line optimization, strategic facilitation, and integrating performance excellence with technology and enterprise intelligence. She has years of experience working in consulting and professional services as a System Executive Director with WellStar Health System, Director with VHA Georgia (now Vizient Southern States), and Consultant with the Advisory Board Company. She has also worked extensively with the Malcolm Baldrige Foundation.

Jennifer will share her perspective and insights on this important topic, providing practical suggestions that can be applied immediately.

Guest Background:

Jennifer Strahan DSc, MS, FACHE, LSSMBB is the Vice President of Operations for ABOUT Healthcare. Jennifer holds her doctorate degree from the University of Alabama Birmingham, her master's degree from Dartmouth College, her bachelor's degree from the University of South Alabama, and her Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt from The Ohio State University and Moresteam. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, and she serves as a visiting professor at Georgia State University’s Robinson College of Business.