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WittKieffer: Welcome to the Lattice: Charting a New Course to the Healthcare C-Suite
Years ago the route to the C-suite in healthcare was fairly predictable – a step-by-step ascent up the ladder to a top job in operations, finance, human resources, or whatever one’s chosen area of expertise happened to be. Climb enough rungs and one might even land in the top spot, as CEO.
That was then. Today, healthcare organizations have transformed from primarily standalone, hierarchical community hospitals toward sprawling, complex regional and even national mega-systems with a myriad of facilities, functions, and service lines.
This is due to a variety of factors, especially market dynamics which have prompted organizations to expand their offerings and grow their footprints (typically through mergers and acquisitions) to serve more patients and communities, thereby driving new revenues and creating cost and resource efficiencies.