• C-suites realign as new hospitals enter the picture

    Growth is a major priority for health system CEOs. The idea of "strength in numbers" is reflected in a lengthening list of transactions and acquisitions — often including the incorporation of a smaller health system into a larger, more stable one. Oftentimes, a growing system needs to realign its leadership to create an aligned, integrated entity. 
  • CEO of Illinois hospital dies at 69

    Ruth Colby, president and CEO of Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, Ill., died Oct. 15, according to The Herald-News. She was 69. 
  • Health system executive roles are evolving: 68 leaders share 2024 changes

    Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their organization's areas of growth for the next few years. 
  • Top system execs recalibrate focus for 2024

    The role of top hospital and health system executives is evolving with the push toward defining a great culture as health systems consolidate, reimagining care delivery and boosting the workforce for a more financially sustainable future.
  • Health System Pharmacy as a Cornerstone for Improved Patient and Financial Health

    Amid rising drug and healthcare costs, an increasingly complex regulatory environment, and other challenges, health systems continue their quest to reduce costs, improve revenue, and operations all while working toward the shared goal of providing top-notch care and helping to improve patient outcomes.
  • Hospital president on MSU shooting aftermath: 'We made room for 20' patients

    When Denny Martin, DO, president of Sparrow Hospital, learned of the Feb. 13 shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing, he immediately shifted to coordinating the response. What ensued involved ensuring available staffing and operating rooms, among other tasks.
  • Dana-Farber CEO: 'A cancer-only hospital was our priority'

    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have announced that their decision to partner includes plans to construct a freestanding inpatient cancer hospital in Boston at an estimated cost of $1.68 billion.
  • How Integrated RCM Solutions Can Help Prevent Burnout

    Nearly four years later, challenges wrought from the pandemic continue to persist and put strain on the healthcare industry. Due to many factors identified within the workplace system by the U.S Surgeon General – such as excessive workloads, administrative burdens, and lack of organizational support – more and more health care workers are being driven to burnout[1].
  • Health systems must 'be more efficient, find partnerships and grow,' says Adena CEO

    Rural health systems, like their metropolitan counterparts, are faced with an array of challenges that include high inflation, staffing shortages and the rising costs of labor and supplies, but often face unique challenges when it comes to barriers to care, patient populations and health insurance status, among others. 
  • CVS' Karen Lynch wants value-based, not 'volume-based,' care

    On the evening of Oct. 9, Karen Lynch, CEO of CVS Health, spoke at Fortune's Most Powerful Women Summit. 
  • Why execs take 'no-win' jobs

    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. 
  • Politics weigh heavier on CEOs' minds

    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 senator to head state hospital group as CEO

    Maryland state Sen. Melony Griffith will resign at the end of October to become president and CEO of the Maryland Hospital Association.
  • Advocate Health's CEO has a side hustle — as a musician

    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. 
  • Dyad leadership moves to the C-suite

    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 advice 7 hospital CEOs remember most

    The Corner Office series asks hospital and health system CEOs to answer questions about their life in and outside the office.
  • The upside of workforce challenges, per AtlantiCare's CEO

    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 CEO apologizes after nurses' information leaked

    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. 
  • CEOs must take the lead in changing offices: Gallup

    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. 
  • Commit to going 'all in': Advice from a CFO-turned-CEO

    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.

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