The Healthcare Fix with Mark Hertling

The U.S. Healthcare System is broken. Who will lead us out of the current chaos to the ideal healthcare system of the 21st century? Ultimately, the transformational changes in healthcare that will achieve the Holy Grail of universal access, high quality care, and cost reduction will be lead by ethical physician leaders.

Here’s the problem- most physicians don’t have any training in leadership. That is the subject of today’s show. My guest is retired Lt. General Mark Hertling, who spent four decades leading men and women on, and off, the battlefield in the US Army. Lieutenant Hertling is currently a Senior Vice President for Florida Hospital in Orlando, where he developed and still runs a highly successful Physician Leader Development Program. He is the author of Growing Physician Leaders: Empowering Doctors to Improve Our HealthCare.

Today, he discusses his book, his insights, and his experiences training physicians to become ethical leaders.

About Our Guest

Lieutenant General Mark Hertling served thirty-seven years in the U.S. Army, and retired after serving as Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe & the Seventh Army. He also commanded the U.S. Army’s 1st Armored Division and Task Force Iron in Iraq during the troop surge of 2007 to 2008.

In 2013, he was appointed to serve on the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition by President Obama.

Lieutenant Hertling is currently a Senior Vice President for Florida Hospital in Orlando, where he developed a highly successful Physician Leader Development
Program.

He is the author of Growing Physician Leaders: Empowering Doctors to Improve Healthcare, and he is also a regular guest on CNN in his role as National Security Expert and Military Analyst.