Rusty Holman, M.D., is a lifelong student of the nature of people – how beliefs, behaviors and human needs all work together in organizations and impact people’s personal experiences. His leadership has been integral to three health system mergers and ownership changes involving academic, non-profit, venture capital, private equity and publicly traded entities. He is a past-president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, a founder of the SHM Leadership Academies, a Nashville Health Care Council Fellow, a Becker’s Healthcare “Health System CMO to Know,” and was voted a Top 50 Physician Executive for Modern Healthcare. As CMO of LifePoint Health, Rusty created a national quality program across 70 hospitals in 22 states that received the John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award. He is currently founder and CEO of 1821Health, dedicated to the advancement of leadership skills in all healthcare workers through the science of adult learning.
No matter how many well-earned bonuses, vacations, massages, or wellness apps are offered to employees, if they step into a damaging environment every day, nothing will meaningfully change. We must definitively and mercilessly confront the oppressive systems and circumstances in which they work.