“A positive relationship with patients can insulate and protect caregivers from negative effects (like burnout)." Frontiers in Psychology April 2015

Greatness is something you pursue, not something you achieve. It starts with holding your present self to higher standards than your past self. You don't get to lower the bar once you've made it. The higher you climb, the more responsible you are for continuing to raise it.

It is time for a bigger conversation. Accordant Philanthropy is now Accordant. Please join us Accordant to talk about strengthening philanthropy, community partnership, governance and culture to elevate health status. #healthcare

Health care organizations are at an inflection point as priorities shift from reactively treating illness and injury to proactively elevating health status and well-being. Accordant Philanthropy is now Accordant to help organization's fulfill new promises. Join us.

Health organizations are going upstream to address social determinants of health (#SDoH) and social needs in their communities. However, success demands partnership. Accordant Philanthropy is now Accordant to support health care’s ability to deliver upon new promises.

Health care governing boards face tremendous challenges in terms of the number and complexity of issues they must address in order to fulfill their fiduciary role. Accordant Philanthropy is now Accordant to better reflect the privilege we have to serve governing boards.

Values-driven health organizations perform better on a variety of outcomes and metrics--and have happier and more engaged clinicians and employees. Accordant Philanthropy is now Accordant to help deliver upon health's new promises. Please follow our new channel. #healthcare

Systems thinking allows health organizations to connect the dots between seemingly disparate efforts to forge more meaningful partnerships with internal and external partners. Accordant Philanthropy is now Accordant to support health care’s ability to deliver upon new promises.

Hospitals are vital community anchor institutions, but many new opportunities in health care won't be tethered to a place. Health systems have intellectual capital, scale and access to populations that position them to advance creative solutions to complex programs. #healthcare

“Health systems need to start understanding and relating to individuals as people rather than as patients. This requires reframing how customers are approached...and...more granular understanding of what they care about, how they behave and the factors that motivate them.” KPMG

Health care must look beyond our industry to find connections between ideas and unanticipated insights that can be our "aha" moments to spur transformation. We have much to learn from leaders in other industries. #healthcare #innovation

The health care governance lift is increasing in a complex environment shaped by rising consumer expectations and entrance of nontraditional providers, and health care organization leaders must be agile and thoughtful to navigate this new terrain well.

A nonprofit board is legally and ethically charged to act in the best interest of the nonprofit to advance its mission. This includes being a steward of not only financial assets but also intangible assets such as reputation, relationship with the community and more. #governance

Building focused, accountable & visionary hospital governing boards is a challenge in today’s turbulent health care environment as boards face difficult choices with burdensome governmental regulation, inadequate reimbursement, increasing competition & shifting community needs.

What values, beliefs and behaviors are part of your organization's rituals and default settings? Culture has significant implications for how we advance our work; so, while culture may sometimes seem amorphous, it's essential to proactively address it. #healthcare #culture

Health organizations must grapple with identifying focus areas to affect meaningful change in addressing social needs. There are opportunities to harness the power of community partnership to understand the unique challenges of communities, neighborhoods and populations. #SDOH

Harvard Business Review: "How can the United States rein in the costs of caring for the sickest 5% of patients, whose treatment consumes half of all health care spending?" We must prioritize a laser-like focus on the discrete and complex populations that heavily consume care.

Nonprofit hospitals provide considerable service. Yet, the debate continues about the merit of providing nonprofit status...as evidenced by a new NYT editorial. This means health organizations must vigorously explain and provide context around our significant community benefit.

Honored to announce Accordant’s partnership with Gravyty to combine our health care philanthropy strategy and training services with Gravyty’s AI fundraiser enablement solutions to bring about the next evolution in health care fund development. See more: ow.ly/pdBN50ywKSX

The COVID-2019 crisis is very different than the 2008 recession from a fundraising perspective. 2008 was about collapsing financial markets--so a global pandemic is a very different psychological situation. Read more about health's moment in the spotlight. tinyurl.com/vwmydvs