Some jobs seem so impossible, they appear to be suicide missions. But executives have their reasons for taking them, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. 

One year ago, CEOs ranked emerging, disruptive technologies as the biggest risk to growth over the next three years. Now, they have a new top concern: geopolitics. 

Maryland state Sen. Melony Griffith will resign at the end of October to become president and CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association.

By day, Gene Woods is the CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health. By night, he is the frontman of a band: Gene Woods and the Soul Alliance. 

A dyad leadership model — which often pairs a clinician with a non-clinical administrative leader for strategic and operational responsibility — is not new in healthcare. However, the model continues to evolve and is used in various ways at organizations today. 

The Corner Office series asks hospital and health system CEOs to answer questions about their life in and outside the office.

Michael Charlton was named president and CEO of Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare on Oct. 3, and he brings experience at the helm to his role. 

St. Peter's Health in Helena, Mont., has ended its contract with a union consultant after an internal leak of nurses' personal information, the Daily Montanan reported Oct. 3. 

If CEOs want the benefits of office work — more effective collaboration, better engagement and improved connection to the company's mission — they need to take the lead on return-to-office initiatives, according to an Oct. 4 report from Gallup. 

When a CFO decides they want to become a CEO, they must commit to that path, said David Cauble, CEO of Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center.

Ethical dilemmas are on the horizon as more tech and retail companies enter the healthcare space, according to an Oct. 3 Forbes viewpoint piece by Sachin Jain, MD, president and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan. 

The healthcare field as a career path for women is a tale of two journeys. According to McKinsey, healthcare outpaces other industries in its representation of women. Women account for 75 percent of entry-level healthcare roles, 70 percent of manager roles and 61 percent of senior manager or director roles. But the numbers change dramatically as promotion and retention rates and external hiring fail to keep pace to increase representation at the top. Just 45 percent of healthcare vice presidents are women and only 32 percent of women make it to the healthcare C-suite. 

Juneau, AK – SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) and Xtend Healthcare, LLC (Xtend) today announced the formation of a new joint venture entity called Denali Healthcare Solutions, LLC (Denali).

Half of CEOs at top-performing healthcare companies hold an MBA as their terminal degree, according to a recent report from Crist Kolder Associates. 

Walgreens Boots Alliance is considering former Express Scripts and Cigna executive Tim Wentworth as its next CEO, Bloomberg reported Sept. 29. 

Some executives are considering a new addition to the team, according to a recent poll from Deloitte. 

The number of female CEOs at leading American companies has more than doubled since 2013, according to a recent report from Crist Kolder Associates. 

Last week, I received a call out of the blue from an old friend. I immediately could hear in his voice that he was upset and shaken.

Companies are increasingly turning inward to fill their CEO positions, according to a recent report from Crist Kolder Associates. 

The chief operating officer role — despite being in a period of flux this year — is still a strong springboard to the helm, according to a recent report from Crist Kolder Associates.