Warner Thomas, CEO of Ochsner Health, the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Louisiana and the Gulf South with more than 25,000 employees, over 100 clinics, a large academic medical center, and a true destination healthcare center taking patients from over 60 countries in the world, shares how innovation, including the use of artifical intelligence, drives outcomes for excellence in healthcare and greater connection to patients for the future. Some renowned areas of specialties include having the largest liver transplant program in the country, an excellent neurological program, pediatric care, women’s care, and cancer care with patients coming from 40 states across America. Warner explains how true challenges from Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were met by the resilience of his team and the community. Finally, Mr. Thomas discusses his leadership philosophy and the concept of being relentless across all areas like technology and capabilities, and building a great team and culture of innovation to pursue bigger goals in transforming the future of healthcare by “playing to win” … and the one thing Warner is most proud of …
Recorded: 10/16/2018