Persistent labor shortages, rising compensation costs for permanent and contingent employees and employee expectations present significant challenges. 

Three physician leaders recently spoke of a panel discussion for the American Medical Association where they reminisced on how far testing has come, argued for increased public health funding and identified a silver lining to the pandemic.

As part of Becker’s 12th Annual Meeting in April 2022, healthcare analytics expert LeanTaaS gave a half-day summit to explore the role of data in expanding capacity for care.

The American Hospital Association and 15 other national healthcare organizations are calling on HHS to maintain the COVID-19 public health emergency.

After 50-year-old humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders was accused by staff members of abuse and racism, the organization has released a report in an attempt to address the issues, NPR reported May 9.

Some companies are encouraging their staff and leadership teams to get their hands dirty by "dog-fooding," a term that refers to testing your own products and working on the front-lines, the Financial Times reported May 2. 

As financial strain continues to impact hospitals across the country, health leaders are seeking partnership to increase financial stability amid an ever-changing healthcare landscape. Partnership can help hospitals effectively obtain additional resources to provide high-quality patient care, strengthen service lines, and improve access and the overall patient experience.

Below are six hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

Today's healthcare leaders face vast uncertainty and a multitude of complex questions that can feel impossible to answer. These uncertainties include the labor market, the future of remote work, the organization's infrastructure and technology, the role of automation — and much more.

Retired people are moving to rural areas in search of natural beauty and a slower pace of life, boosting desperate local economies and bringing demand for services, including healthcare, reported The Wall Street Journal May 8. 

Those who manage to turn their failures into moments of growth and frame themselves as being within a state of improvement may be getting ahead at work, The Wall Street Journal reported May 5. 

No one can predict what the future of the nation's healthcare system will look like, but there are certain needs that are "musts" to prioritize, no matter how healthcare shifts over the next century. That's how the American Medical Association's CEO sets the organization's objectives.  

Several women in recent months became the first woman or woman of color to hold various executive roles at their respective organizations. 

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since April 29.

The Joint Commission has named Haytham Kaafarani, MD, as its new chief patient safety officer and medical director. He will begin his new role Sept. 6. 

Making small changes to a workplace, like eliminating noisy distractions or writing clear emails, can make all the difference to improving employee wellbeing, reported The Wall Street Journal May 2. 

Annual awards program honors LeanTaaS’s iQueue product suite as an outstanding health and medical technology product

Some Black and Latino patients hold perceptions of the healthcare system as being indifferent to their needs, with some feeling discriminated against by providers due to their race, according to a May 4 McKinsey report. 

Mary Klotman, MD, dean of the Duke School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., is under consideration as the next director of the National Institutes of Health, The Washington Post reported May 4, citing three people with knowledge of the selection.

Male allies can help women in the workplace feel more comfortable and encourage others to shift culture to become more inclusive, however, they can be hard to find.