About Quint

Quint Studer

Quint Studer spent ten years as a teacher before entering the healthcare industry in 1984 as a Community Relations Representative.  From then until he founded Studer Group he served as Department Director, Vice President, and Senior Vice President at a number of organizations and as president of Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Florida.

Each of these experiences built a platform for creating tools, techniques and systems aimed at improving organizational performance and—most importantly—patient care. In 2000, after numerous requests by organizations for assistance, Studer Group was formed.

A recipient of the 2010 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, Studer Group implements evidence-based leadership systems that help clients attain and sustain outstanding results in more than 800 hospitals and organizations across the US. Together, they serve a "national learning lab" in which best practices are harvested, tested, refined, and shared with all healthcare organizations through peer-reviewed journal articles, Studer Group publications, and products designed to accelerate change.

Quint has written six (6) books. His first book, Business Week bestseller Hardwiring Excellence, is one of the top selling leadership books ever written for healthcare. More than 350,000 copies have been sold.  His second book, 101 Answers to Questions Leaders Ask, offers practical, prescriptive solutions to some of the many questions he's received from health care leaders around the country. Results that Last—written to teach non-healthcare leaders how to apply Studer Group tactics and strategies to their organizations—hit the Wall Street Journal’s bestseller list of business books. Straight A Leadership teaches senior leaders how to create organizations that can execute swiftly and well in response to a rapidly shifting external environment. Quint coauthored The HCAHPS Handbook: Hardwire Your Hospital for Pay-For-Performance Success .  His latest book, The Great Employee Handbook, is geared towards employees at all levels.  It just hit the shelves, and is already getting rave reviews!

Quint remains in the field creating tools and techniques designed to make organizations better.