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HCA Healthcare commits $5M to Frist College of Medicine

HCA Healthcare, Inc., one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced a $5 million gift to the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine at Belmont University to support the Belmont Collaborative for Health Systems Innovation. Half of the gift will create the HCA Healthcare Health Systems Science Endowed Chair, and the other $2.5 million will be used for programmatic support in the Health Systems Science department.

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A promotional graphic for episode 62 of the "Physician Growth Accelerator" podcast, titled "Simplifying Complex Healthcare Challenges with Dr. Douglas Slakey." The design features a white background with a subtle hexagonal pattern. Two headshots are displayed in circular frames: the host in the top right and Dr. Douglas Slakey in the bottom right. The podcast is sponsored by TrackableMed, whose logo appears in the top right corner. The text is styled in bold black and blue fonts.

Simplifying Complex Healthcare Challenges With Dr. Douglas Slakey

In this episode of the Physician Growth Accelerator podcast, Zed sits down with Dr. Douglas Slakey, a surgeon, healthcare innovator, and bestselling author of The Process Manifesto: Improving Healthcare in a Complex World. Together, they explore how systems thinking can transform private medical practices and the broader healthcare landscape.

Whether you’re a private practice owner or part of a larger healthcare organization, this conversation offers invaluable lessons on simplifying the complexity of modern healthcare while driving meaningful, sustainable growth.

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Paving the Future with Health Systems Science

The future of healthcare is being shaped at the intersection of innovation and education, according to Dr. Douglas Slakey- surgeon, author and Chair of Health Systems Science at Belmont University.

Tune in to learn how Belmont’s Frist College of Medicine is preparing future healthcare leaders while ensuring new technologies deliver on their promise.>

We explore:

  • The first-of-its-kind institute for Health System Science.
  • Simulation programs that are revolutionizing healthcare performance.
  • Strategies for testing new technology before it reaches the market.
  • Improving healthcare in a sustainable, systemic and scalable way.

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