Vision
A nationally-recognized region of healthcare excellence...shaped by a culture of collaboration through the continuum of healthcare delivery.
Process and Structure
After surveys, interviews, SWOTs, and feedback sessions with the Madison Region's healthcare leaders, Thrive developed a set of priorities based on the stated needs of the healthcare sector. From there, Thrive assessed where they could add value without duplicating efforts based on their strategies and resources. The result is an action plan for the regional healthcare sector.
Grounded in a broad vision for the sector, these action plans are made up of long-term initiatives and short-term, scalable projects within those initiatives.
Grounded in a broad vision for the sector, these action plans are made up of long-term initiatives and short-term, scalable projects within those initiatives.
Highlight: Badger Career Network Alerts Project
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Sector industry partners in healthcare told Thrive that talent recruitment was a top, pressing issue for their businesses. Employers in the Madison Region's healthcare sector are grappling with unfilled vacancies and searching for top talent. The UW exports top talent every year - talent that might want to return to the region. WAA survey research indicates that a full 61% of people who have 'experienced the university' would come back to Madison Region if the opportunity presented itself.
With those facts in mind, Thrive and the Wisconsin Alumni Association are bringing together employers in healthcare to design a system for making targeted connections between top talent and business in the region.
Participating employers include: Covance, Danisco, Dean Health System, Epic Systems, Mentor Corporation, Meriter Hospital, Monroe Clinic, Promega Corporation, SSM of Wisconsin, St. Mary's Hospital, UW Hospital & Clinics, UW Medical Foundation, and Virent Energy. (This is a joint project with biotechnology.)
Thrive is measuring its success in this scalable project through the number of positions filled via the alerts system.
For more information on this and other Thrive healthcare projects, please contact Kathryn Otto at kotto@thrivehere.org.
Additional Initiatives and Projects
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Healthcare leaders discuss workforce wellness
Testimonial
"I wanted to thank you and your Board for the important work Thrive is doing. The health care sector analysis is important work and broader cross discipline conversations that you anticipate don't happen often enough. Karl Heinrich Robert, creator in 1989 of The Natural Step, spoke about municipalities collaborating for 'sustainability.'
Thrive has already adopted these behaviors and philosophy. Thanks for strengthening the social fabric that clothes us all."
--Dr. Tim Bartholow, Physician and Partner, Prairie Clinic
Thrive has already adopted these behaviors and philosophy. Thanks for strengthening the social fabric that clothes us all."
--Dr. Tim Bartholow, Physician and Partner, Prairie Clinic
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"Business calculations have always been, will always be driven by competition. Today's competition is more and more about recruiting skilled people. Cities and regions are increasingly intent on attracting the best and the brightest because they know companies want to operate where they can recruit and hold high quality human talent."
--Scott Polikov, Citiwire.net
--Scott Polikov, Citiwire.net