My Story & Your Stage

The Story Behind the Stage

You’re probably here because you want to know who I am and why I do this work. Before I share all the titles, executive, consultant, speaker, I want you to know the truth: none of those matter as much as what happened when life knocked me flat.

For years, I led from the C-Suite, driving change across some of the biggest healthcare systems in the country. Then, at 37, I got the phone call that stopped everything - cancer. Overnight, I went from boardroom to hospital bed. From leader to patient. From mom juggling work to mom fighting to live for her kids and husband.

It was brutal. It left scars. But it also gave me something I didn’t have before - clarity. I saw exactly where healthcare shines, where it breaks, and how much the healthcare experience matters in every single interaction.

That’s why I started hxology. Today, I use both sides of my story, the executive and the patient, to help leaders and teams bridge the gap between data and compassion. Because at the end of the day, every patient and every caregiver deserves to feel seen, heard, and cared for.

Here's to changing healthcare together,

Stephanie

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Meet Stephanie

Stephanie S. Abbott is a board certified Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives, Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, cancer survivor, and nationally recognized leader who brings a rare dual perspective, shaped in both the boardroom and the patient bed.

She has advised national leaders as faculty for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and influenced U.S. policy through the Partnership for Quality Measurement, sponsored by CMS. Her executive career includes leadership roles with Adventist Health, HCA, and Intermountain Health, where she drove systemwide change in culture, safety, experience and digital.

Author of Buried or Planted and Love Is My Superpower, She has been recognized by Becker’s Chief Experience Officers to Know and Tampa Bay’s “Top 50 Women We Admire.”