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Hospital workforce wellness starts with priority-focused chief wellness officers: AMA
Armed with a strategic plan and a team to get the job done, chief wellness officers have plenty to do in terms of winning the confidence of their co-senior leaders and setting a robust communications strategy if they want a healthcare systems' workforce to truly embrace a new self-care strategy. -
Becker’s Q&A with The University of Kansas Health System Senior Director of Business Operations of Perioperative and Procedural Services Megan Eubanks
In a recent interview, Megan Eubanks, Senior Director of Business Operations of Perioperative and Procedural Services at The University of Kansas Health System (TUKHS), discussed her team’s success in creating a better system for managing OR block time in a unique organization, starting with delivering accurate and reliable performance data. -
10 women on the move
The following executive moves made by women have been reported by Becker's since Dec. 22: -
He was the hospital's financial auditor. Now he's its CEO.
When Brian Barta walks into a room, the first thing he does is start asking questions. -
Outgoing RWJBarnabas CEO reflects on 32-year career, from merger to COVID-19
In 1991, Barry Ostrowsky joined Barnabas Health as executive vice president and general counsel. In 2016, Barnabas Health merged with Robert Wood Johnson Health System, and he became the first president and CEO of the resulting West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health. -
New York hospital offers college students a peek into the C-suite
Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital is offering paid summer internships for college students studying healthcare or business administration, SILive.com reported Dec. 28. -
Top investment plans for 2023 from 63 health system executives and leaders
The executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker's Healthcare 13th Annual Meeting April 3-6, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. -
52% of Americans think COVID-19 PHE still needed
Fifty-two percent of Americans think a public health emergency should still be in effect for COVID-19, according to a new survey from Morning Consult. -
Providence heading into 2023: 10 things to know
Providence is a 52-hospital system headquartered in Renton, Wash. -
The Joint Commission Revises Appointment Timelines - Rethink your Provider Management
The Joint Commission, the largest accrediting agency in the United States, has announced a revision to its accrediting requirements, allowing organizations to go from a bi-annual to a tri-annual credentialing appointment process. -
Look alive as hospitals close and cut services, lawmakers urge HHS
Hospital closures, service reductions, mergers and acquisitions are creating a bed shortage and impeding patients' access to timely care, a group of Massachusetts lawmakers contend in a letter to HHS that requests information from the agency on its part in monitoring or interfering with service reductions. -
University Hospitals CEO wants to tap into staff's inner bookworm
Cliff Megerian, MD, CEO of Cleveland-based University Hospitals, launched a book club for employees that had its first in-person meeting this month. -
Midwest health systems brace for winter storm
Hospitals and health systems in the Midwest are closely monitoring a winter storm, which is expected to produce a blizzard and has resulted in weather warnings across the region. The storm comes as Americans have made holiday travel plans. -
Skepticism now starts at the top in one Florida hospital
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital is undergoing significant changes to its governance with the election of three trustees who operate under the ideology of "medical freedom" and exercise skepticism about hospitals, clinicians and COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. -
Multi-cancer early detection tests have the potential to improve patient outcomes in an equitable way
Single cancer early detection tests exist today for four common cancers.* Generally speaking, early detection works, meaning that these screening tests can save lives and reduce cancer deaths. However, most cancers currently go undetected in their early stages because there are no screening tests for most cancers. -
Alternative therapy for pain, stress and nausea: How aromatherapy is changing the game in traditional hospital settings
Aromatherapy, considered an alternative or complementary therapy, is showing promise toward helping people with stress, anxiety, pain and post-surgery or post-procedural nausea in clinical settings. -
Hackensack Meridian CEO: Healthcare is the true front-line to fight human trafficking
If you are a physician or nurse working in a hospital or clinic, you likely have treated a victim of human trafficking - but you may not have known it. Nearly 9 in 10 victims seek medical care at some point during their exploitation and almost 70 percent have gone through an emergency department. -
How physician leadership has evolved and where it's headed
John A. Brennan, MD, serves as president and CEO of Dallas-based Children's Health & UT Southwestern Joint Pediatric Enterprise. -
How to incorporate primary care transformation into a refresh of the health system strategic plan
While the concept of value-based care has been around for some time, successful implementation is still challenging for many primary care providers. The solution revolves around extending patient-focused services beyond the office visit. -
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center's final year: A timeline
When Atlanta Medical Center shuttered, it was the closure heard cross-country.
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