Blogging should be a core responsibility of a CEO

June 16th, 2009

 
icon for podpress  Interview with Paul Levy [17:50m]: Play Now

Paul Levy is the CEO and President of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, and author of the blog, “Running a Hospital.”

Summary:

  • Paul Levy knew nothing about health care, medicine, or running a hospital, yet he still found it fascinating. So he decided to start writing a blog.
  • Paul Levy posts real time data of operations at BIDMC to brag about their success, but also to expose issues that need improvement.
  • Blogging has inspiring clinicians to do better because they know their results will be seen by the public.
  • Blogging should be a core part of a CEO’s duties to promote his/her organization.

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