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Kate Fenner (RN, PhD) understands how hospitals work. First as a nurse, and later as an educator and consultant, Kate has immersed herself in the issues that face hospital leaders. She has the rare ability to problem-solve and communicate at all levels of an organization—from staff members to Board members. As Chief Executive Officer of Compass Group, Inc., she uses this talent to help clients meet their clinical and cultural goals. Since Kate first entered the healthcare field over a quarter century ago, she has filled leadership roles in numerous university, state, regional, and national organizations. Her varied experience has given her a strong understanding of leadership dynamics, while staying abreast of the hospital industry’s emerging problems and innovations. Drawing from her years in both healthcare and academia, Kate applies proven leadership and development strategies to hospital settings, providing Compass Group clients with creative, effective solutions to their most pressing concerns. Kate obtained her doctorate in Ethics and Law in Healthcare from the Union Institute Graduate School in Cincinnati, OH, and also holds Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in nursing from Northern Illinois University. In addition to her numerous national speaking engagements, Kath has authored a leading college text in law and ethics in healthcare, was senior author of Aspen’s Manual of Nursing Recruitment and Retention, and with Richard Coffey & Sheryl Stogis co-authored the Jossey-Bass text, Virtually Integrated Health Systems: A Guide to Assessing Organizational Readiness and Strategic Partners.
How would Dr. King have influenced healthcare reform debate?
It is difficult to guess the position of such a leader and revered figure but it takes little insight to predict his position: one of concern for the 44 million Americans who go without health insurance.
Jan 15, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Sitting Ducks Get Shot … Especially While Waiting for the Inevitability of Healthcare Reform
By Kate Fenner, RN, PhD, Chief Executive Officer, Compass Clinical Consulting.
Oct 15, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Hospital Leaders — Cut Waste Out Before Regulatory Reform Hurts
By Kate Fenner, RN, PhD: The smart leaders understand that regardless of how healthcare reform looks when it becomes law, the real truth is that we’ll all be getting less. Knowing this is the end-point gives us all the freedom to take action now.
Aug 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Two Trillion Dollars in Healthcare Reform is a Game Changer for Hospitals
By Kate Fenner, CEO, Compass Clinical Consulting: Taking $2 Trillion out of the healthcare system in the next decade is going to force everyone to change how they do business – hospitals, doctors, pharma manufacturers and retailers, medical equipment manufacturers – everyone.
History on Hospital Closings Relevant to Current Healthcare Reform
Will our healthcare facilities be located where they are needed when healthcare access is expanded? Historical data should be considered as reform is implemented. Academic and community hospitals serving economically stressed areas may need additional government support.
May 03, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Getting Used to Hospital Transparency
By Kate Fenner: Whether discussing the financial meltdown, governmental affairs or health care performance, the vogue word is TRANSPARENCY. The term is defined as the ability of “outsiders” (customers, citizens, patients) to peer into the inner workings of the subject and judge efficacy, equity, clarity and/or accountability.
Compass Group Mission
Compass Clinical Consulting understands that hospitals are among the most complex organizations in existence. When clinical processes are not smoothly efficient, the physician, staff and patient experiences suffer – often leading to decreased market share, financial instability, or regulatory compliance issues. For 30 years, Compass Clinical Consulting has worked successfully with executive and clinical leaders [...]
Apr 03, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
President Obama’s Healthcare Forum
The goal of the Presidential Forum on Healthcare was “to set the tone of the process – a tone that is intended to be bipartisan, a tone that is intended to be inclusive – and to make it clear that good ideas will be welcomed. To a large degree, the summit achieved that goal.
Mar 07, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Reinventing Hospitals for a New Reality
As never before, the medical profession will be challenged to find new ways of delivering effective care more efficiently. This does not have to be doom and gloom unless we choose to see an empty glass. Instead, it calls on all of us who work in and support the nation’s hospitals to become more innovative in how we deliver clinical care.
Feb 28, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Morgan Lee: Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Success Story
At just three months old, doctors discovered Morgan Lee had an enlarged heart. During her stay in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU), Morgan suffered a stroke and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Morgan Lee’s mouth and tongue became weak, leaving her unable to eat food by mouth. Today, thanks to help from speech therapist [...]
Jan 04, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Case studies to learn more about ways in which Compass Clinical has worked to create better American hospitals.