Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth works hard to maintain financial stability amid big changes in healthcare. The system has expanded and reorganized its leadership structure to find the right balance between corporate standardization without losing the unique connection to each community it serves.

William Lipshutz, MD, former chief of gastroenterology at Philadelphia-based Pennsylvania Hospital, died Nov. 4 at 82, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Nov. 14.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, according to a Nov. 14 Truth Social post.

Over a 10-year period, interim healthcare leaders transitioned into permanent roles 4% to 5% of the time. This rate has spiked in the past 18 to 24 months, now hovering above 10%, according to Adam Burns, interim leadership principal at executive search firm WittKieffer.

Recruiting healthcare workers is a challenge in today's environment, and retaining them is even harder. But Providence has figured out a way to cut turnover by engaging new employees with "stay interviews."

David Kinsaul, former president and CEO of Dayton (Ohio) Children's, has died. 

Four leaders from U.S.-based healthcare organizations were featured in Fortune's "100 Most Powerful People in Business" list, released Nov. 12.

President-elect Donald Trump is assembling his cabinet and senior staff for his upcoming term.

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health cut 134 leadership positions systemwide, reducing the workforce by less than 1% as part of a plan to transform the organization and return to financial stability.

The American Hospital Association sent congressional leaders a list of priorities it would like to see the legislature address before the end of 2024:

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will offer a new program for healthcare executives in the spring.

U.S. News & World Report featured 10 Honor Roll hospitals in its 2024-25 Best Children's Hospitals rankings. Most of these hospital CEOs have been at the helm since 2015.

Eduardo Conrado, president of St. Louis-based Ascension, discussed the health system's May ransomware attack at a Nov. 8 United Nations Security Council meeting.

Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their team or system's biggest achievement this year.

The Affordable Care Act has been through many iterations since being signed into law in 2010. Donald Trump's second presidential term could bring about more changes.

President-elect Donald Trump has named Susie Wiles, his senior campaign adviser, as his White House chief of staff, multiple news outlets reported.

The American Hospital Association has named Claire Zangerle, DNP, RN, as its next senior vice president and chief nurse executive. 

A balance of hard and soft skills strengthens leadership in healthcare.

Embracing risk-based care models could ultimately lead to better physician job satisfaction by creating stronger incentives for health systems to free them from low-value administrative tasks, according to Tufts Medicine CEO Michael Dandorph. 

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Health System's acquisition of five hospitals on Nov. 1 was driven by an increasing demand for care, CEO Dawn Bulgarella said.