Stephen K. Klasko

Stephen Kent Klasko (born 23 December 1953) is an author and leader of healthcare reform.[1] He is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, 2013–present,[2] a 14-hospital system in the Greater Philadelphia region and home of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College.[3]

Stephen K. Klasko
Born (1953-12-23) December 23, 1953
Philadelphia
OccupationAuthor and leader of healthcare reform
NationalityAmerican
EducationWharton School. Lehigh University
Alma materHahnemann University
Notable worksUnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance, 2020."
Notable awards"Most Influential in Healthcare, Modern Healthcare Tied for #2, 2018."
Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital was ranked in 2017 as #16 in the country on U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll.[4]

He has expanded Jefferson Health into a regional health network with mergers from the original 3 hospitals to 13.[5] In 2017, he was named to Modern Healthcare's Top 100 Most Influential Individuals.[6]

Becker's Hospital Review named him among the top physician leaders to know.[7]

About

In 2020, he published the book, "UnHealthcare: A Manifesto for Health Assurance," with Hemant Taneja and Kevin Maney, a call for a personalized data-driven system that assures health and addresses inequities. '[8] In 2018, he published "Bless This Mess: A Picture Story of Healthcare in America," using illustrations to describe the U.S. healthcare system, and decisions that could transform it.[9] He is author of the 2016 book, We CAN Fix Healthcare, The Future is Now[10] and Editor in Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Healthcare Transformation.[11]

Klasko was dean of the Morsani College of Medicine and Senior Vice President for the USF Health at the University of South Florida, 2004–2013. He was dean of the Drexel University College of Medicine and CEO of the Drexel University Physicians, 2000–2004.

Klasko is author of The Phantom Stethoscope: A Field Guide for an Optimistic Future in Medicine, a science fiction book exploring the ethics and emotional intelligence needed for the future of medical education.[12]

He implemented those ideas in a USF Health program that selected medical students based on emotional intelligence, known as SELECT, a partnership between the University of South Florida and LeHigh Valley Health Network in Pennsylvania.

Klasko was co-investigator of "Bringing Science Home," a $6-million, five-year grant from the Patterson Foundation to improve research and care for people living with chronic illnesses.[13]

At USF Health, Klasko launched the $6million PaperFree Florida program, supported by the largest federal award to a non-hospital organization to use "health care ambassadors" to prepare private physician offices for electronic prescribing and records.

Klasko founded CAMLS, the largest building at the time dedicated to simulation and team training in health care, located in downtown Tampa.

Klasko launched one of the largest surveys in the United States of successful aging, through a partnership with The Villages, a retirement community in Florida, aimed at creating "America's Healthiest Home Town."[14]

Klasko was founding president in 1994 of "Spirit of Women," a program now spanning 120 hospitals to develop unique protocols to help hospitals succeed in meeting the needs of women patients.

Biography

Born in Philadelphia, Klasko received his Bachelor's of Science in Chemistry and Biology from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1974. He earned his MD from Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, 1978. As a practicing obstetrician and gynecologist, he earned an MBA from the Wharton Executive Program of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1996. Klasko began his practice of obstetrics and gynecology in Allentown, and was chairman and residency director at Lehigh Valley Hospital. He served as professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State University Hershey Medical Center, as well as Drexel University and the University of South Florida.

Speaking

As an advocate for transformation in healthcare and higher education, he speaks internationally on topics related to the changing face of health care in the age of artificial intelligence. [15] Dr. Klasko's speaking engagements are coordinated by Key Speakers Bureau, Edelman Communications, and Jefferson Health.”

References
  1. Olsen, Patricia (2015-08-02). "Dr. Stephen Klasko: Where Einstein, Jobs and Yoda Join Strategy Sessions". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  2. "About Stephen K. Klasko, MD, MBA » Leadership". leadership.jefferson.edu.
  3. "Sidney Kimmel Medical College". www.jefferson.edu.
  4. "Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals". US News & World Report.
  5. Jordan, Sarah (2015-10-05). "How Dr. Stephen Klasko is Redefining Healthcare". Philadelphia Style. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. "2017 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare". Modern Healthcare. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  7. "Stephen Klasko | 112 Physician Leaders to Know 2017". Becker's Hospital Review. 2017-09-08.
  8. http://www.healthassurance.ai. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. . OCLC 1032281521. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. K., Klasko, Stephen (2016). We can fix healthcare : the future is now. Shea, Gregory P.,, Hoad, Michael. New Rochelle, NY. ISBN 978-1934854426. OCLC 945565888.
  11. "Healthcare Transformation | Editorial Board". www.liebertpub.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  12. K., Klasko, Stephen (1999). The phantom stethoscope : a field manual to finding an optimistic future in medicine. Shea, Gregory P. Franklin, Tenn.: Hillsboro Press. ISBN 157736144X. OCLC 44685190.
  14. "Villages joins with USF Health to create America's Healthiest Hometown". The Villages Daily Sun. 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  15. "Key Speakers Bureau". www.keyspeakers.com. Retrieved 2019-07-11.
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