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35 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 35 CEO / STRATEGY Tampa General CEO on going global By Lauren Jensik W e want to be disruptors," Tam- pa (Fla.) General Hospital CEO John Couris told Becker's Aug. 3. "We want to invest in our physician sci- entists, and we want to invest in businesses nationally and globally." In April, the 1,007-bed hospital embarked on a three-year collaboration with Israel's Sheba Medical Center. e organizations are working together to expand research and developments in healthcare services, educa- tion, training and innovation. e idea for a partnership first sparked in June 2020, when the two came together to present a webinar focused on shared experi- ences and insights related to the COVID-19 pandemic. "A lot of the things they were doing and they were sharing with us early on was how they were supporting their doctors and their nurses from a mind-body-spirit per- spective," Mr. Couris recalled. "So whether it was having psychosocial support around [their] nurses and doctors for resiliency purposes, whether it was having actual gym equipment, things to keep them exercising, to keep them engaged, to keep them healthy because of the stress they were under — the sheer approach they took in taking care of their people. I also think that how they took care of the dying in their country, and letting families come into the hospital and grieve — early on in the pandemic, we struggled with that a lot. We had very strict visitation guidelines. We still have pretty strict visita- tion guidelines, but how they dealt with the grieving process with families was very im- portant to them and sharing all of that with us was extremely important." Mr. Couris said similar collaborations with other health systems outside of the U.S. are in the works. "We want to basically not just disrupt healthcare, but we want to solve real prob- lems that have plagued healthcare for de- cades," he said. "Our focus and our thesis is if we're having problems inside the walls of our health system, who can we be engag- ing with proactively in an innovative, col- laborative way that can help us solve these problems?" n Morgan Health makes its 1st investment By Alia Paavola M organ Health, JPMorgan Chase's new healthcare venture, made its first investment, the company said Aug. 5. Morgan Health has agreed to invest $50 million in Vera Whole Health, a primary care startup based in Seattle. Vera is piloting a subscription-based model for primary care in an effort to coor- dinate medical care and lower costs. Companies that use Vera pay a flat monthly fee per employee and physicians work to coordinate care of their patients. Vera currently operates primary care centers and integrated technology plat- forms in 10 states: Arizona, Washington, California, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska, Tex- as, Missouri, Kansas and Nevada. "Our goal with this first investment is to build a strong coordinated healthcare model — with outstanding primary care and new ways to help employees navigate a healthcare system that is often very disconnected," said Dan Mendelson, CEO of Morgan Health. "Vera is proactively helping patients achieve ideal physical, men- tal and social health. And because they actively coordinate with other high-value health providers, they're able to create a much better overall patient experience." JPMorgan will also offer Vera's services to its employees this fall, according to CNBC. Mr. Mendelson will join the Vera board when the transaction closes. JPMorgan Chase unveiled Morgan Health on May 20. The company is seeking to improve employer-sponsored healthcare in the U.S. and to bring meaning- ful innovation into the industry by targeting insurance and keeping popula- tions healthy. Mr. Mendelson said success for the company will be measured by whether it improves the "Triple Aim": quality of care, access to care and cost to deliver care. n Meet Tenet's new CEO: 4 things to know about Dr. Saum Sutaria By Lauren Jensik F ormer Tenet Healthcare COO Saum Sutaria, MD, succeeded Ron Ritten- meyer as CEO Sept. 1. Mr. Rittenmeyer will continue as the company's ex- ecutive chair through 2022, according to an Aug. 9 press release. Four things to know about Dr. Sutaria: 1. He became Tenet Healthcare's COO in 2019. 2. Dr. Sutaria worked for consulting firm McKinsey & Co. as a healthcare adviser for 18 years prior to joining Dallas-based Tenet. 3. Dr. Sutaria once served as an associate clinical faculty member at the Univer- sity of California, San Francisco. His postgraduate training at UCSF focused on internal medicine and cardiology. 4. He received compensation of $8.58 million last year, which included a base salary of $1 million. His compensation totaled $13.95 million, including a base salary of $961,539, in 2019. n