Red Hot Healthcare

Today we're talking about the future of growth for providers, who will compete for, and capture health consumers and patients. Just for S&G's (Snickers and Giggles)...do me a favor. Input only a comma on your LinkedIn search and hit SEARCH. You should come up with close to 143 Million people. Now select 'Keywords' and under the title put 'Chief Growth Officer'. Now you'll be at a little more than 1,300 finds. Select 'Hospitals & Health' under industries...and you'll be at 91. Now go through each one, weeding through all the companies that are not actual hospitals or health systems - or I can save you the time and trouble. You're at SIX. There appear just six Chief Growth Officers within all the senior leadership in nearly 6,000 U.S. hospitals and health systems. Not satisfied? OK...Google 'Chief Growth Officer Hospital' (or Health System) and start looking page after page. Not finding too much...right? A GROWING TITLE IN CONSUMER MARKETS The Chief Growth Officer (CGO) became a title back in 2004...lat