Joanne Conroy: Hospital CEO in America

Doctor, Policy Maker, CEO, and President. These are just some of the titles that Joanne Conroy has held during her medical career. Whether she was working as an anesthesiologist in South Carolina or helping to write the Affordable Care Act, she has impacted the world of healthcare in many ways. Now as the leader of the largest employer in the state of New Hampshire, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, she has to figure out how to operate at a world-class level every day. Second tries don't work so well in medicine. On this episode of the Sydcast, we discuss the intricacies of running a hospital and the direction of some of the most pressing problems in medicine. Joanne’s knowledge and leadership experience make her the ideal guide to help us get behind the curtain to see what really goes on in a hospital. It's a powerful journey that anyone who has ever been to a doctor will want to hear about.