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The U.S. Radiology Capacity Gap
National workforce analysis with an effective capacity calculator and a five-stage pipeline model.
Healthcare operating strategy
Turning complexity into executable healthcare strategy.
An open library of interactive tools, frameworks, and research from 25+ years of enterprise imaging, AI governance, and population health practice. Every resource, one page, one click away.
56Unique resourcesOne curated library across four connected practices.
Four connected practices
Strategy becomes useful when it survives the operating environment.
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The library
Interactive tools, frameworks, and research
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The Diagnostic Access Gap
Imaging access as population health infrastructure, scored with the Diagnostic Access Equity Index.
Operations & FinanceFeaturedNew
Radiology Site-Neutral Shock
CY 2027 Medicare site-neutral imaging policy, with a facility exposure calculator and access risk classifier.
AI & GovernanceFeatured
Healthcare AI Governance
Multi-framework governance dashboard with maturity scoring, lifecycle tasks, and an action plan generator.
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Patient Intake Improvement Model
Front Door Reliability scoring across registration friction, prep accuracy, and pre-arrival readiness.
Leadership ModelsFeatured
The Leadership CODE
Book companion covering trust, action, integrity, growth, and the leadership anti-patterns that undo them.
Leadership ModelsNew
The Great Healthcare Knowledge Exit
Aging workforce evidence synthesis with the Experience at Risk Index and a reporting readiness self-assessment.
Operations & FinanceNew
KCAI 24-Month Proforma
Base and upside scenario model across twenty-four months, with editable volume grids and lender-ready exports.
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KyphoLift Justification & Purchase Order
Purchase justification builder that produces a one-page requisition ready for a purchasing department.
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MRI Volume Scenario Planner
Volume and utilization scenario planning from exams per day through capacity, breakeven, and debt coverage.
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Oh, My Aching Back
Transfer burden and safe patient handling readiness for radiologic technologists, weighted by hierarchy of controls.
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The Expertise Paradox in Radiology
Where senior expertise gets consumed by work that does not require it, with a task delegation calculator.
Leadership ModelsNew
When Leadership Breaks the Compact
Workforce accountability research with an RN turnover cost calculator and a ten demand readiness check.
Leadership ModelsNew
The Tenure Fallacy
Why time in seat is mistaken for leadership capability, scored with a portable leadership effectiveness index.
Leadership ModelsNew
Will Radiology Leaders Be Led?
Leadership agency across five ecosystems, with a 2×2 agency model and an eight domain self-assessment.
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The Execution Advantage
One percent idea, ninety-nine percent execution, modeled as a multiplicative chain with a weakest link readout.
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What Patients Are Really Paying For
Clinical resolution, access convenience, and human experience modeled as one patient value function.
Research & InsightsNew
The Zone of Prevention
Cancer metabolism and the glucose ketone index, with a calculator verified against the published appendix.
AI & Governance
AI Knowledge Practice Test
Self-assessment of AI literacy, governance fluency, and deployment readiness for healthcare leaders.
AI & Governance
AI & Data Analytics Experts
Curated hub on applied analytics, data science, and AI for healthcare operations.
Radiology & Imaging
MRI Operations Workflow Analyzer
Single site tool for diagnosing throughput barriers, schedule efficiency, and protocol performance.
Radiology & Imaging
MRI Workflow Command Center
Systemwide view of cross facility utilization, schedule density, and capacity orchestration.
Radiology & Imaging
MRI Workflow Leadership
Enterprise MRI from order to final read, with calculators and a 36 item maturity self-assessment.
Radiology & Imaging
Kypholift ROI Analyzer
Interactive ROI model covering volume, reimbursement, and contribution margin.
Radiology & Imaging
ACR MRI Staff Safety Education
ACR aligned MRI safety education for facility staff, built for outpatient imaging teams.
Leadership Models
The Five Horsemen
Five destructive leadership patterns, with a self-assessment and the supporting research.
Leadership Models
Emrick Employee Engagement Model
Original engagement framework covering behavioral drivers, leadership levers, and measurement indicators.
Leadership Models
Employee Engagement Dashboard (HEED)
Workforce diagnostics and action planning, powered by the 50 item Emrick survey.
Leadership Models
Evidence-Based Healthcare Leadership
Turning peer reviewed evidence into executive decisions, grounded in the EBHL model.
Leadership Models
Emotional Intelligence for Leaders
Teaching academy built on Goleman's four domains, with a scored 12 item self-assessment.
Leadership Models
Game Theory in Healthcare Leadership
Strategic frameworks applying game theory to negotiation and multi-stakeholder decisions.
Leadership Models
Healthcare Leadership Model 2026
Forward looking framework for AI era operating models, workforce design, and strategic agility.
Leadership Models
Multi-Hospital Performance Project
Cross system benchmarking of operational, financial, and quality indicators.
Leadership Models
The ROAD Dashboard
The consolidated ROAD model as an interactive framework for operational excellence.
Leadership Models
Structure, Process, Outcome Model
The Donabedian quality framework translated into a working operating model.
Leadership Models
Leadership Success Model
Predictor simulating how engagement, communication, and throughput shift the probability of success.
Leadership Models
Organizational Culture
Culture as a strategic determinant of healthcare success, with an executive dashboard.
Leadership Models
System-Level Thinking
Systems thinking applied to healthcare leadership and operational decision design.
Operations & Finance
The Hospital Expense Problem
Executive view of the structural shift in hospital cost pressure.
Operations & Finance
Building an Outpatient Imaging Center
The IMAGE-8 playbook for financing, licensing, and launching a free-standing imaging center.
Operations & Finance
Revenue Cycle Management
Tools and benchmarks from charge capture and denials through AR aging and net collections.
Operations & Finance
Healthcare System Strain Modeling
Capacity and demand modeling for surge periods, throughput pressure, and resource allocation.
Operations & Finance
The No Surprises Act
Visual guide to balance billing protections, Good Faith Estimates, and operational obligations.
Operations & Finance
SEPSIS Triage Dashboard
Emergency decision support for the first 60 minutes, aligned to Surviving Sepsis 2021 and CMS SEP-1.
Operations & Finance
The Happy Patient
Book companion touring thirteen chapters through the SPO model, with twelve live calculators.
Operations & Finance
Medical Cost Trends
The PwC cost trend outlook read for its imaging and outpatient implications.
Operations & Finance
CODE of Operational Excellence
The CODE framework applied to operational discipline and day to day execution.
Research & Insights
Hallmarks of Aging
Research framework on the biology of aging and its population health implications.
Research & Insights
Reducing Mental Chatter Improves Learning
The CALM to REST framework: how quieting inner chatter measurably improves learning.
Research & Insights
U-Haul Mobility Economic Index
Population mobility analysis with signals for service area planning and market strategy.
Research & Insights
HealthWire News
Curated healthcare industry news and commentary, signal over noise.
Research & Insights
Healthcare Polymarket Strategy
Forecasting model blending operational analytics with market style probability signals.
Research & Insights
Analytical Thinker: COGEAT Mind
A framework for disciplined analytical thinking and ethical persuasion.
Research & Insights
Quantum Consciousness
A thought experiment on the Orch OR theory of mind, for the scientifically curious.
Development & Learning
Self-Talk: A Personal Journey
Companion to The Voice Within, with a 30 day tracker and a reflection toolkit.
Development & Learning
Learning Lab
Practice tests and learning tools drawn from across the resource ecosystem.
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Connected properties
One body of work, four depths of inquiry.
Data and analyticskellyemrick.orgAdvanced dashboards, financial benchmarks, and quantitative tools for healthcare executives.Long-form thinkingkellyemrick.blogHealthcare leadership, AI, radiology operations, and the realities of executive practice.Published booksAmazon author pagePopulation health, fiscal management, adaptive leadership, predictive analytics, and value-based care.Professional channelsSocial mediaThought leadership, professional commentary, and ongoing healthcare leadership conversations.
Built from operational responsibility
Kelly Emrick, DHSc, PhD, MBA, BSRT(ARRT)R
Healthcare executive, author, researcher, and radiology operations leader. The work here is built around a single test: does it hold up against staffing limits, technical constraints, compliance exposure, and the budget an operator actually has.
- Practice
- Imaging service line transformation, AI governance, and ancillary services optimization
- Credential
- Registered radiologic technologist, ARRT
