Executive Briefings
A series of insights from OPEN MINDS Founder and CEO, Monica E. Oss, Executive Briefings are crafted for executive leaders navigating the complexities of health and human services. Each briefing connects market intelligence with expert analysis to help guide strategy, respond to disruption, and improve organizational performance.
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The Workforce Tea Leaves
March 20, 2026What is happening with health care employment? The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data is not helpful in the short term. In January, they reported 77,000 jobs added in health care (see Making The Job Happen). But in February, the health care sector… -
The Guardianship Question
March 19, 2026A new federal initiative could place some homeless or highly vulnerable veterans under court-appointed guardianship. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) plans to pursue court-appointed guardianship for some homeless veterans who lack decision-making capacity and have no available… -
Executives In The AI Era
March 18, 2026“Just Do It” is the oft-quoted Nike slogan. But it needs to become the motto of executives in the health and human service field. The long and short of it: to be “valuable” in an increasingly AI-enabled market, it isn’t… -
Too Many Opportunities
March 17, 2026Most executive teams looking at growth and diversification face the same problem: there are too many options. The challenge isn’t identifying potential opportunities—it’s deciding which ones align with their strategy and have a sustainability market niche. New opportunities are emerging across… -
Make It At School
March 16, 2026About 3,900 school-based health centers (SBHCs) operate across the United States, providing primary care and behavioral health services directly in schools (see School-Based Health Centers | County Health Rankings & Roadmaps). Despite their visibility in health policy discussions, these programs… -
The Next Thing
March 12, 2026In the U.S., there is lots of investment in health care innovation—in new pharmaceuticals, new technologies, new service delivery models, and more. The innovation is fueled by significant investments by government, by publicly traded companies, and by venture capital/private equity firms… -
Uncertainty As The Constant
March 11, 2026We’ve all heard the expression: “Change is the only constant in life.” It’s not new—it dates back to the Greek philosopher Heraclitus in 500 BC. But I would argue that we are shifting to a market environment where it is… -
Home Is The Place
March 10, 2026Most adults (93%) over the age of 65 live at home and most (60%) want to continue living at home if they can. This was the finding of the new survey—Most Older Adults Who Live At Home Want To Age… -
The Scribe Effect: The Best Of The 2026 OPEN MINDS Workforce AI Summit
March 9, 2026The adoption of AI-enabled clinical documentation tools by primary care and specialty provider organizations has gained traction over the past couple years—at 34% and 50%, respectively (see The Tech-Enabled Provider Organization: The 2025 OPEN MINDS Technology Adoption Survey). And there are ample studies… -
Population Health By Population
March 6, 2026Population health is a term that has been used in so many contexts it’s almost lost its meaning. Officially, it is “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group” (see What Is…
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