Huron Healthcare Podcast on Navigating the Transition from Entitlement to Accountability

CHICAGO--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Huron Consulting Group, a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced a complimentary Huron Healthcare podcast entitled, “Navigating the Transition from Entitlement to Accountability.”

“Navigating the Transition from Entitlement to Accountability.”

In the podcast, Gordon Mountford, executive vice president of Huron Healthcare, and industry expert Nathan Kaufman discuss how healthcare providers need to make the journey from entitlement to accountability – and what healthcare leaders can do to better navigate the transition. They also share insights from top healthcare executives across the country, including:

• How resistance to change within healthcare can pose a significant roadblock to achieving a culture that fosters accountability
• The new “true north” in healthcare – a financially strong, high-functioning health system that consistently achieves optimal, measurable value
• How leaders can ensure all members of their organization understand new market realities, overcome resistance to change, and move toward attaining key goals

This podcast is part of a series focused on issues that affect a hospital’s bottom line as well as provide best practices to achieve financial success in the new healthcare landscape. To listen to the Huron Healthcare podcasts visit: http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com/instance.aspx?instanceId=2487.

In addition to the podcast series, read Huron Healthcare’s briefing series addressing healthcare reform topics and issues impacting healthcare providers at http://www.huronconsultinggroup.com/category.aspx?categoryId=2366.

To speak with Mountford or another one of Huron Healthcare’s experts about issues affecting hospitals, health systems, and academic medical centers, please contact:

Jennifer Frost Hennagir

312-880-3260

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Jenna Nichols

312-880-5693

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About Huron Healthcare

Huron Healthcare partners with clients to provide comprehensive performance improvement solutions that improve quality, increase revenue, reduce expenses, and increase physician, patient, and employee satisfaction across the healthcare enterprise. Clients include national and regional integrated healthcare systems, leading academic medical centers, community hospitals and physician practices. Modern Healthcare ranked Huron Healthcare third on its 2011 list of the top 20 largest healthcare management consulting firms. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/healthcare or follow us on Twitter: @Huron

About Huron Consulting Group

Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve performance, comply with complex regulations, resolve disputes, recover from distress, leverage technology, and stimulate growth. The Company teams with its clients to deliver sustainable and measurable results. Huron provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including leading academic institutions, healthcare organizations, Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized businesses, and the law firms that represent these various organizations. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.