For decades, hard skills have dominated the CEO search. In the post-pandemic world, recruiters are digging for something softer, Fortune reported Nov. 16. 

Benjamin Anderson is headed to the helm of Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System — but not without precautions in place, he shared via LinkedIn. 

Americans' confidence in the healthcare system is waning, and they aren't sure who — if anyone — can repair it, according to a recent poll. 

On Nov. 15, As You Sow issued its 10th report on "overpaid" CEOs among the S&P 500.

On Nov. 1, Pete November reached the one-year mark as CEO of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.

Northwell Health serves patients, employees and visitors beef short ribs, wild flounder filets, and bread from a critically acclaimed bakery. It serves everyone a reminder that deficiencies can become delights. 

Gig Harbor, Wash.-based St. Anthony Hospital has donated emergency backpacks containing tourniquets, medical equipment and medical gauze to every teacher in a local school district, NBC affiliate King5 reported Oct. 27. 

As regional health systems grow and need to become more nimble, the top leadership are looking for ways to decentralize decision-making and build a strong executive talent pipeline.

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has added around 10 hospitals over the last decade, and is now working on changing its model to a more portfolio-centric approach.

U.S. hospitals have seen 126 CEO exits through October of this year, a 62 percent increase from the 78 reported in the same time period in 2022.

As the move toward value-based care intensifies, many health systems are caught between equally critical priorities: accelerating adoption of value-based care models while creating holistic programs to improve community health. At NorthShore – Edward-Elmhurst Health (NS-EEH), a data-based approach to value empowers the health system to fundamentally improve population health faster by developing targeted interventions that matter.

It's lonely at the top. Unaddressed isolation and burnout could be contributing to healthcare's high turnover rates, one health system CEO told Becker's. 

About a year after retiring as the CEO of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England Health System, James Fanale, MD, is sharing his story of a stage 4 cancer diagnosis and the power of empathy in medicine, The Boston Globe reported Nov. 13. 

In recent months, multiple health systems have named executives who already lead a region or facility to a second, dual role within the enterprise. 

The journey to becoming a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) in anesthesia is a demanding and transformative one. However, one aspect of this rigorous educational path that often goes unnoticed is the near monthly onboarding process required for clinical rotations, and the repetition of nearly identical Learning Module Systems (LMS) associated with that onboarding. It's a challenge that warrants attention and reform.

Rod Hochman, MD, advocated for more in-person collaboration in a recent interview snippet published to LinkedIn. 

Health information technology CPSI has named Vinay Bassi CFO, effective Jan. 1. 

The U.S. healthcare system's transition to value-based care might be slowed by current financial conditions, according to an October 2023 report published in NEJM Catalyst. 

The Oregon Health Authority has a new leader after Gov. Tina Kotek appointed Sejal Hathi, MD, to the post, according to multiple reports.

CEOs are becoming increasingly candid about environmental pressures putting their organizations — and the healthcare industry as whole — in unforgiving situations.