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PODCAST: Strategic Planning, Governance and Leadership with John N Kastanis, CEO and Founder of JNK
PODCAST: Strategic Planning, Governance and Leadership with John N Kastanis, CEO and Founder of JNK

John Kastanis, the Principal Consultant at JNK Consulting, joins the Ask A CEO Podcast to share his experience of coaching and governing hospitals on financial discipline, strategic planning and fund generation strategies, and tips for CEOs. Originally published on GCO. Click image below to listen to the full podcast.

Featured: Time to Refocus on Population Health Strategies
Featured: Time to Refocus on Population Health Strategies

By John N. Kastanis

As we continue to navigate the unknowns of the current pandemic, it appears we're still a long way off from living in a true post-COVID-19 era.

VIDEO: CUC: Kastanis; Rossman & Knowlton; Bland
VIDEO: CUC: Kastanis; Rossman & Knowlton; Bland

John Kastanis shares the importance of expanding cancer-related services in Newark/Essex County; Steve Adubato goes on-location to the Kessler Foundation’s Life After Stroke event to talk with Howard Rossman and David Knowlton about the strokes that have affected their lives. Candice Bland talks about the significant of her students’ trip to the University of Granada in Spain.

Hitting the Landing Zone
Hitting the Landing Zone

Hospital consolidations have become a weekly event across the United States, and the pace and scope of these consolidations are getting faster and bigger.

Temple University Hospital Named “Blue Distinction Center for Transplants” for its Fox Chase-Temple University Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant Program
Temple University Hospital Named “Blue Distinction Center for Transplants” for its Fox Chase-Temple University Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant Program

Temple University Hospital earned the status of a “Blue Distinction Center for Transplants” by Blue Cross Blue Shield, in recognition of the Fox Chase-Temple University Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program’s expertise in performing adult bone marrow transplants. The Fox Chase-Temple BMT Program is a formal affiliation with Fox Chase Cancer Center and is located on the campus of Jeanes Hospital – both of which are part of the Temple University Health System. All hospital services in the Fox Chase-Temple BMT Program are provided by Temple University Hospital.

Pennsylvania Health Secretary visits, praises Temple
Pennsylvania Health Secretary visits, praises Temple

Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Karen Murphy visited Temple University Hospital (TUH) on June 23 to present certificates of recognition to Temple and other area hospitals for the care, dedication and compassion they provided to victims of the May 12 Amtrak derailment.

Philadelphia Hospitals Recognized For Their Coordinated Response To Amtrak Derailment
Philadelphia Hospitals Recognized For Their Coordinated Response To Amtrak Derailment

Pennsylvania’s Health Secretary, today, gave recognition awards to the Philadelphia hospitals that treated 200 injured passengers on the night the Amtrak derailment last month.

Local hospitals drill regularly for mass casualty events but, as Temple University Hospital president John Kastanis says, they can’t really know how well they’ll do until they hear those dreaded words: “This is NOT a drill.”

CEO Corner: The Pace of Our Progress in FY14
CEO Corner: The Pace of Our Progress in FY14

By John N. Kastanis

Challenges continue to intensify for hospitals across the country in the form of rising costs, lower reimbursements, and declining inpatient volumes. Temple University Hospital is not immune to these trends, and we continue to be challenged to meet our inpatient volume targets, resulting in a shortfall of revenue from patient care for Fiscal Year 2014, which ended June 30. Notwithstanding these challenges, I am pleased to report that we expect to end FY14 with a positive bottom line for Temple University Hospital – an achievement which points to important progress we are making in several areas.

Temple University Hospital Ranked Among the Region's Best Hospitals and Recognized as a "High Performer" by U.S. News & World Report
Temple University Hospital Ranked Among the Region's Best Hospitals and Recognized as a "High Performer" by U.S. News & World Report

"It is a great honor for Temple to continue to be recognized in this way," said John N. Kastanis, FACHE, President & CEO of Temple University Hospital. "This speaks volumes about the skill and expertise of the entire healthcare team at Temple and only serves to deepen our commitment to providing the highest quality clinical care and specialty programs to our patients."

Temple CEO Kastanis Speaks about Health Care Challenge
Temple CEO Kastanis Speaks about Health Care Challenge

John N. Kastanis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Temple University Hospital presented a cutting edge speech on Obama Care when he was honored at the Hermes International Gala. The event was held April 1st evening at the Concordville Inn, in Concordville, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia train crash tested hospital security

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To hear them talk about an average day, safety officials at hospitals in Philadelphia say they're used to a chaotic environment.

So it was no surprise that the staff knew just what to do when word first came into the ED at Temple University Hospital just after 9:30 p.m. on May 12 that an Amtrak train had derailed on the major Washington-New York rail corridor running through the city.

Within minutes, at least seven hospitals in the greater Philly area, including Temple, received warning to get ready to receive hundreds of patients, from busloads of "walking wounded" to critically injured patients coming in via ambulance.

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"I walked the halls that night and I saw what I call the 'Temple spirit,' " says John N. Kastanis, FACHE, president and CEO of Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia. "We were a well-oiled machine that night. We were prepared and it really showed and we got a lot of positive recognition."

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