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The risks worth taking in healthcare this year
Chief executives across healthcare are facing tighter budgets this year, but it's still important to innovate and take calculated risks. -
23 healthcare CEOs share their 'word of the year' for 2023
Chief executives across healthcare are focused on customer service, urgency and simplicity for their organizations and customers in 2023. -
'We're going to come out of this winning:' Northwell CEO on labor challenges
New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health began 2023 with a low, but positive operating margin, but labor costs are expected to increase again this year on the back of recent union activity in the state. -
Corner Office: Why Hackensack Meridian's CEO appreciates 'Jersey straight talk' from leaders
Robert Garrett serves as CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, an 18-hospital health system based in Edison, N.J. -
Hospital COOs must 'go beyond what they've always done' to recruit employees, 1 leader says
According to one COO, the challenge of recruiting and retaining hospital employees goes beyond the emergency room and other clinical areas buckling under the current nursing shortage. -
Which Florida hospitals kept, cut transgender care for minors ahead of state ban
In November, Florida medical boards passed a ban prohibiting physicians from providing gender-affirming care to patients under 18. The rule has not gone into effect yet, but some hospitals are already cutting services, the Tampa Bay Times reported Feb. 15. -
Scripps CEO retires as reserve assistant sheriff
Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health, has honorably retired from his volunteer role as reserve assistant sheriff with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, according to a Feb. 16 news release shared with Becker's. -
Simplification is how healthcare can get out of crisis mode, says Intermountain CEO
Rob Allen began serving as president and CEO of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health Dec. 1, and he brought his previous experience with the 33-hospital organization to the role. -
'Worst may be yet to come' for rural hospitals, Dartmouth CEO says
Though the pandemic's most imminent threats have waned, heightened patient volumes, workforce shortages, inflation and supply chain disruptions are still urgent issues for hospitals — and these challenges are even more significant for rural facilities, according to Joanne Conroy, MD, president and CEO of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health. -
Baltimore hospital receives presidential award for its care of human trafficking victims
Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore received a presidential award for its Blue Dot Human Trafficking Initiative. -
Digital front door: modernizing the healthcare consumer experience
During this time of rapid change, healthcare organizations have experienced a crisis of consumer loyalty. -
CommonSpirit, AdventHealth to end Centura Health partnership
Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health and Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth will end their Centura Health joint venture, with each health system directly managing their respective care sites in Colorado and western Kansas that comprise Centura Health. -
From architect to 'chief business innovation officer': How St. Jude's newest exec is reimagining the business of healthcare
"Chief business innovation officer" isn't a title you hear every day. But Catherine Corbin — who is pioneering the role at Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital — is an architect by trade. She's used to building things from the ground up. -
Most board members at the nation's top hospitals have no healthcare background: Study
Less than 15 percent of board members overseeing the nation's top hospitals have a professional background in healthcare, while more than half have a background in finance or business services, according to a study published Feb. 8 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. -
As clinical engineering and IT merge, KPMG recommends a single platform for clinical device management
Clinical devices play a central role in a healthcare organization's ability to deliver the best possible care to patients. In recent years, however, the number and complexity of devices has grown exponentially. Biomedical and clinical engineering teams are finding it increasingly difficult to manage and service these assets while also handling device-related regulatory and compliance requirements. -
'Chief TikTok officers' may be coming to a C-suite near you
Some companies are adding specific roles to crack a vital, yet challenging market: TikTok. -
7 health policy valentines to celebrate Feb. 14
Every February since 2012, policy experts have taken to Twitter to express their love — or anguish — with the healthcare industry in the form of #HealthPolicyValentines. -
CEOs are starting their jobs at younger ages
Among S&P 500 companies, the average age of CEOs at appointment was younger in 2022 than the year prior, according to a report released Feb. 13 by leadership advisory firm Spencer Stuart. -
4 things health, wellness professionals do to combat burnout
Four common themes emerged from a poll asking 30 individuals who work in health and wellness about what they do to prevent burnout, according to a Feb. 11 report from CNBC. -
US senator probes Ascension, alleging it operates 'like a private equity fund'
Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin is probing St. Louis-based Ascension — which operates 33 facilities in her state — alleging the health system is acting on private, not public, interests.
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