Creating a diverse nurse workforce and leadership team takes intentionality.

It is not often that a hospital president gets their start in an outside industry. For Marty Boryszak, the logistics of transporting packages proved to be beneficial experience for healthcare operations.

Ron Werft, president and CEO of Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health, will retire in 2025 after 24 years at the helm. 

Lourdes Boue, CEO of Coral Gables, Fla.-based Doctors Hospital and Miami-based West Kendall Baptist Hospital, brings more than two decades of experience to Baptist Health in her role as a CEO. 

The University of Virginia board of visitors and president Jim Ryan have agreed to retain outside counsel to conduct an independent review of the complaints and allegations raised by faculty at UVA Health in Charlottesville, Va., in a no-confidence letter, according to a statement shared with Becker's Sept. 18 from university spokesperson Brian Coy.

Throughout his 44-year career at Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare, central region CEO Bob Anderson has learned to listen more than he speaks.

Nathan Stevenson has resigned from the Wabash General Hospital board of directors, a spokesperson for the Mount Carmel, Ill.-based hospital confirmed to Becker's.

As president and CEO of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, one of the largest nonprofit, faith-based health systems in the nation, Mike Slubowski regularly navigates critical operational and strategic decisions.

Employee monitoring is generally liked by employers and disliked by employees. However, there are approaches that can minimize potential concerns, The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 14.

As more members of Generation Z move into the workforce, some have clashed with management or disagree with how their employees view them.

The average age of newly hired CEOs is decreasing, but it is still higher than it was in 2014, according to a recent Crist Kolder Associates report.

Becker's recently compiled a list of the hospitals and health systems with the shortest emergency department visit times. Here are what the leaders of three said it took to get there.

James Ross, BSN, president and CEO of Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare, died Sept. 12. He had been with the system for nearly 40 years.

COO and president were the most common backgrounds for CEOs in 2024, according to a Crist Kolder Associates report.

For Cesar Rivas-Sanchez, program manager at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, the journey into healthcare leadership started long before any formal education or professional role. It began at home, witnessing firsthand the challenges his mother faced as a patient.

The healthcare industry is increasingly focused on cultivating the next generation of leaders.

It was no surprise when the Journal of the American Medical Association published research last month that found "trust in physicians and hospitals [had] decreased substantially…from 71.5% in April 2020 to 40.1% in January 2024." 

Some younger workers are pausing their careers for travel or other endeavors to experience a "microretirement," The Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 3.

Immigration and the economy emerged as major topics during the 90-minute presidential debate Sept. 10 between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. However, the candidates spent some of the time on two healthcare topics: abortion and the Affordable Care Act.

Northwestern Medicine has established a new healthcare leadership center in partnership with the university's business school, supported by a $10 million endowment.