There’s a lot of discussion about the long-term future of healthcare. But so much of our work is in and for the moment – next week, next month, next 90 days. Industry leaders are asking, “What do we have to do today?”To bridge the gap between what the industry practically needs today so it can fulfil its mission for the future, we convened four Jarrard Inc. partners who’ve been in the weeds to talk about what’s really going on in this new healthcare epoch. The idea was to sort through what we’ve seen and to consider what it looks like to make healthcare better today. Sharing their intel were:<ul>
<li><a href="https://jarrardinc.com/our-team/bio/david-jarrard/">David Jarrard, CEO</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jarrardinc.com/our-team/bio/molly-cate/">Molly Cate, Chief Innovation Officer</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jarrardinc.com/our-team/bio/kim-fox-2/">Kim Fox, Regional Practice Leader</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jarrardinc.com/our-team/bio/lauren-mcconville/">Lauren McConville, National and Academic Health System Practice Leader</a></li>
</ul>In an ironic twist for a publication focused on helping healthcare leaders drive change, our team was adamant that creating a sense of stability is imperative today for hospitals and health systems.

Awkward messages

The Backstory, formerly the High Stakes Podcast, is a new, limited series from Jarrard Inc. President and Co-Founder Anne Hancock Toomey.
For nearly two decades, Jarrard – one of the nation’s top communications consulting firms for healthcare – has partnered with thousands of leaders across the country who are striving to make healthcare better every day.
But this isn’t a podcast about healthcare, or politics or even communications. It’s about authentic leadership.
The Backstory is about demystifying respected leaders who’ve had a lot of success along the way because of the kind of leaders they’ve chosen to be.
Each person Anne interviews is visionary, of course. They’re smart as hell, and they’re fierce about their business and their mission. They’re also humble, kind and create the kind of environments in which people can thrive. They’re not perfect. But they are real. And it’s the combination of those two things that makes each one of them great.
In every episode, Anne’s guest digs into who they are, where they come from and what’s influenced them to be the person and the leader that they are today.