Former University of Chicago transplant surgeon Yolanda T. Becker, MD, has resigned from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel after accepting a new position, according to The Washington Post.

Cleveland Clinic and consulting firm, Korn Ferry, are collaborating to offer healthcare leadership development programs to drive innovation, empathic leadership and more.

Many healthcare workers are vaccinated against COVID-19, but others are refusing to do so as part of their employers' requirements. As a result, hospitals and health systems have lost employees, and one healthcare executive said a mandate could cost his 21-hospital system too many nurses.

Peter V. Lee, executive director of Covered California, will leave the state's health insurance marketplace next year.

Jay Bishoff, MD, a physician with more than 30 years of urological surgery experience, joined New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health in August to oversee the health system's prostate cancer program.

The CEOs of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia said they shared the results of their organizations' COVID-19 vaccination mandates during a Sept. 15 meeting with President Joe Biden.

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking vice presidents during the last few weeks.

Empathic leaders improve employee engagement and innovation and reduce burnout and resignations in their employees, according to a recent Catalyst report.

Mark Kettner has resigned as CEO of Eastern State Hospital in Medical Lake, Wash., amid a state investigation into the pyschiatric hospital's handling of a case involving a former nurse charged with assault and murder, according to local news reports.

Within the past month, 15 respiratory therapists — healthcare workers who provide critical care for severe COVID-19 patients — have left their positions at a Kansas hospital, reports CBS affiliate KOLR.

President Joe Biden will meet Sept. 15 with the CEOs of Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and other companies about his plan to fight the pandemic, including vaccination mandates, according to The Wall Street Journal.

On the surface, a vaccine hailed as the solution to ending a deadly pandemic seems something that would be widely welcomed. Yet even after more than 660,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, intense divisions persist between those inoculated against the virus and those who are not. 

Brian Cleary, RN, the CEO of healthcare staffing company Overland Park, Kan.-based Krucial Staffing, has resigned amid questions about his connection with anti-masking initiatives, according to a Sept. 10 report by NPR affiliate KCUR.

There is a broad perception that boards of directors see monitoring of senior executives, including the CEO, as a primary part of their job description. However, recent research finds these boards instead view their jobs as supporting executives and being their strategic partners.

Three hospital CEOs shared how they are preparing for workforce shortages induced by COVID-19 vaccine mandates and how the healthcare industry will be affected by a potential exodus, according to a Sept. 10 report by CBS and Fox affiliate WAGM 8.

Anthony Fauci, MD, the White House chief medical adviser, and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, fielded questions from reporters Sept. 12 in the wake of vaccine mandates unveiled in President Joe Biden's strategy to combat the pandemic. 

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant has responded after a video of an internal discussion about how one of its hospitals reports COVID-19 patient numbers was leaked on social media, WECT reported Sept. 10. 

Elinore McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, a psychiatrist and former federal government official, was appointed chief medical officer of the troubled Eleanor Slater Hospital in Rhode Island, and the Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals, the state agency that runs the facility, according to a Sept. 9 department news release.

A new survey from Amwell and HIMSS Analytics sheds light on post-pandemic strategy and planned investments in telehealth at hospitals and health systems.

By implementing a technology-driven, community-focused integrative pharmacy program that increases patient touchpoints, Portsmouth-based Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC) is improving population health in rural Ohio.