Kathy Kelly, Market Chief Executive Officer, Kindred Hospitals

This Becker's Healthcare Podcast features an interview with Kathy Kelly, Market CEO at Kindred Hospitals in Chicago. Kelly discusses her transition from a supplier role (Beckman Coulter, ICU Medical) to the provider side, highlighting her focus on improving quality of care through physician realignment. She identifies a key challenge as increasing awareness of long-term acute care hospitals and differentiating them from skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers. Finally, Kelly shares leadership lessons learned, emphasizing the difficulty of changing the status quo and the ongoing struggle to address workforce challenges, particularly the nursing shortage, through competitive wages, improved culture, and enhanced employee engagement initiatives.