cbuzz: Dan Like, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center: Strategic Growth & Innovation in Healthcare

In this episode, we sit down with Dan Like, Chief Administrative Officer, Ambulatory Services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is one of America’s top-ranked academic medical centers, with a mission to improve health in Ohio and across the world through innovations and transformation in research, education, patient care and community engagement.

Dan Like, Chief Administrative Officer, Ambulatory Services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Dan Like began at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in 2000 in Quality and Operations Improvement, where he helped develop the Wexner Medical Center’s first set of balanced scorecards that tracked overall performance across the academic medical center’s key performance indicators spanning research, education and patient care.

Dan was promoted to business manager of Information Technology and then to director of Strategic Planning and Business Development, where he helped lead the development of the medical center’s first strategic planning process. This was a comprehensive process that went from identification and development of a new mission and vision statements, to overarching goals, to program development plans, and finally to performance measurements. 

In 2020, Dan was named chief administrative officer of Ambulatory Services. Since 2008, he served as executive director of Ambulatory Services. He leads the operations and further growth and development of Ohio State’s Ambulatory Services that includes more than 50 physical locations around the greater central Ohio area, totaling more than one million square feet, with 1.7 million outpatient visits per year.

Dan received a bachelor’s degree in Business from Miami University of Ohio, and a Master of Health Administration degree from The Ohio State University.Full-time dad and designer, Jeremy balances the duties with the best of ’em. From barbecues to boardrooms, he’s as comfortable watching a game with friends, as he is shaping corporate brand strategy. Owner and Principal, Jeremy leads Conspire from a rich background in brand strategy, identity and retail / environment design. Catch him before 4:30 p.m., as he’s known to put in early hours to spend max time with the ‘home team’ – wife Natalie and three kids.

To learn more about The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, visit https://wexnermedical.osu.edu/.

Tune in today as Dan Like, Chief Administrative Officer, Ambulatory Services, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, sits down with cbuzz host Mikaela Hunt to discuss: Strategic Growth & Innovation in Healthcare.

A note about cbuzz production: We are thrilled to be recording episodes for our Central Ohio community. Stay tuned for new episodes, which will share the stories of some of our best and brightest Columbus Chamber members.

Cbuzz is the Columbus Chamber of Commerce’s business-focused podcast and was named Best Business Podcast in 2019 by the Columbus Podcast Awards. The show is produced in partnership with Capital University and its students, and the show is hosted by Mikaela Hunt, brand journalist and storyteller. You can learn about Capital University here.

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