The board of trustees at Cleveland-based MetroHealth System has fired President and CEO Akram Boutros, MD.

Here are five hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

Efforts by two unions seeking the ouster of Bay Area Hospital elected board members will not move forward due to lack of enough valid signatures of registered district voters.

Over the last two decades, Robert L. Meyer has led Phoenix Children's with a growth mindset. 

Among healthcare C-suite executives, burnout appears to be on the rise, according to a survey from executive search firm WittKieffer.

Bob Iger's comeback as CEO of Disney is the latest example of chief executives boomeranging as rehires to take the helm at the same organizations they previously led. While hardly a common practice, there have been enough boomerang CEOs to draw findings and trend lines. 

Leadership of Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.) is facing pushback from local city and county officials, who expressed "disappointment" after a patient died in the hospital's emergency department, The Daily Herald reported Nov. 11.

Andy Carter, president and CEO of the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania, is retiring.

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by Becker's since Nov. 11.

About half of healthcare leaders think COVID-19 will be "resolved" in 2023, and they are more focused on growth than cost-cutting, according to a recent survey shared with Becker's. 

Alexa Kimball, MD, is a renowned leader at Harvard Medical School — and her excellence has been recognized in more than one department.

Growing up as one of four children, Tori Bayless learned the value of humor.

Today, the third Thursday of November, is National Rural Health Day.

For hospitals and health systems, communication with employees is crucial, especially amid today's workforce, financial and operational challenges. Although the pandemic has increased dependence on electronic and virtual communication, hospital and health system leaders continue to place high value on face-to-face conversations.

The executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker's Healthcare 13th Annual Meeting April 3-6, 2023, at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.

Cynthia Hundorfean has served as president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network since February 2016. But she is taking on a new enterprise role once the new year arrives: chief living health development officer. 

Memphis, Mo.-based Scotland County Hospital District suddenly ousted its CEO and CFO on Aug. 16, sparking questions and fueling controversy. Three months later, former executives and board members — and one state senator — shared their perspectives on what happened, according to a Nov. 14 report from the Missouri Independent. 

Rich Rasmussen is no longer president and CEO of the Montana Hospital Association, the Independent Record reported Nov. 15.

New York City-based Mount Sinai has appointed Michal Elovitz, MD, to serve as dean for women's health research at the Icahn School of Medicine, effective March 1. She will also serve as director of the center for the advancement of female biology, according to a Nov. 15 news release sent to Becker's. 

Over the last three years, most health systems have seen increases in denials. At the same time, it's becoming harder to get denials overturned and the time frames to appeal are getting shorter.