The best way to narrow the gender leadership gap may be to change the promotion process altogether instead of forcing women to change their tactics, according to a new study reported by Bloomberg April 5.

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.) has laid off Chas Pierce, vice president of system development, and Chief Medical Officer Mark Gilbert, MD, hospital CEO Kent Nicaud confirmed to the Sun Herald April 5.

Below are eight hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

Eight studies or abstracts led by a former Harvard professor and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ophthalmologist were retracted by three medical journals over issues with critical oversight approvals for the research, The Boston Globe reported April 3.

Norman Sharpless, MD, is stepping down as director of the National Cancer Institute, the agency announced April 4 in a news release. 

Long Beach, Calif.-based St. Mary Medical Center has been recognized as a "top performer" by the Human Rights Campaign for their work toward LGBTQ equality. 

As part of HCA Healthcare's Colleague of the Year recognition, Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. celebrated two employees who were honored with the award March 31.

Progress in gender and racial parity in the two biggest medical journals, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Journal of the American Medical Association is almost stagnant, as rates of parity have been slow to improve over the last decade, according to a March 21 study. 

Mothers who earn more than their spouses frequently take on an even greater share of housework, a study published March 31 found.

The following executive moves made by or involving women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since March 24. 

Boone (Iowa) County Hospital's CEO and CFO both have plans to retire around the same time the hospital's contract with QHR Health, a Brentwood, Tenn.-based management and consulting firm, expires, according to the Ames Tribune. 

COVID-19 caused us to re-engineer how we live our lives — everything from how we celebrate holidays, to how we get married and honor our deceased loved ones. The pandemic is forcing us to rethink how we map the financial dynamics of hospitals as leaders are caught in a vise of escalating costs and workforce shortages.

Steve Mackin begins his tenure this week as the president and CEO of Mercy, a hospital system with more than 40 hospitals based in St. Louis, succeeding Lynn Britton. 

Jill Hoggard Green, PhD, RN, serves as president and CEO of the Queen's Health Systems in Honolulu.

Kate Walsh considers two pieces of advice to inform her leadership style — one practical and one spiritual. 

Emotional availability, loosening the cognitive load and creating a humanity-focused environment are just some of the ways leaders can help their burned out employees.

It's not just you, and it's not just in healthcare: Poor behavior ranging from the impolite to the violent is having a moment in society right now. 

The number of departing hospital CEOs is on the rise as C-level executives are grappling with challenges tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

President Joe Biden's administration is launching a website March 30 that is meant to be a "one-stop shop" to help people access vaccines, tests, treatments and high-quality masks, the White House said in a fact sheet.

A foundation controlled by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has been allowed "an unusual level of influence" on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy according to a March 28 Politico report.