Becker's Healthcare is focused on amplifying the voices of historically underrepresented people in healthcare.

Shareholders are increasingly requesting that companies take a stance on environmental and social issues, The Wall Street Journal reported May 23. 

In April 2023, more than 3,320 hospital and health system leaders gathered in Chicago for the Becker's Hospital Review 13th Annual Meeting. For four days, more than 430 speakers engaged their peers in panel discussions and presentations spanning 11 tracks. Big themes emerged from the meeting's 170 sessions. Rare was the conversation that didn't touch on the status of the U.S. healthcare workforce, which leaders were quick to note has been a studied and well-monitored trendline for years before the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated worker exits and exacerbated shortages.

A hospital supervisor at the VA Loma Linda (Calif.) Healthcare System was promoted shortly after a federal investigation that deemed him "problematic," the Orange County Register reported May 17. 

Dr. Darlene Tad-y stepped into her capacity management and patient flow roles at UCHealth in September 2022, assuming these as part of the effort to streamline the operations of a health system whose efficiency was critical to delivering care across the entire state of Colorado.

CEOs are heading back to the office close to full-time — and they expect their workers to follow suit, Fortune reported May 22. 

More hospitals are terminating their memberships with the Mississippi Hospital Association, according to the Magnolia Tribune. 

UCI Health broke ground on its new $1.3 billion medical campus in 2021 to spark more accessible care for patients systemwide.

Healthcare job cuts are up 83 percent in the first four months of 2023 compared to the same time last year. These are five health systems reporting executive job cuts during that period:

Phoenix Children's is in touch with the needs of its community; and what the community needs, the health system is willing to break ground to deliver, according to President and CEO Bob Meyer.

John Whitcomb, PhD, RN, has been named the director and chief academic nursing officer for South Carolina-based Clemson University's nursing program.

Some members of the El Camino Healthcare District board of directors are raising concerns about a draft media policy that proposes board members avoid statements that negatively affect corporate reputations of the district or El Camino Health, the Mountain Valley Voice reported May 18. 

Brian Erling, MD, stepped into his role as president and CEO of Renown Health last November with one overarching leadership priority: Put people first. 

Nurses at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, Wash., who are members of the Washington State Nurses Association, have voted "no confidence" in the CEO of their parent organization.

Companies announced 565 CEO exits in the first four months of 2023, with 62 occurring in hospitals, according to one new analysis.

The El Camino Healthcare District Board of Directors has censured longtime board member Julia Miller following allegations of repeated disrespect toward El Camino Health employees, Mountain View Voice reported.

As Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health awaits the closure of a deal that will make it the first health system to join Kaiser Permanente's new nonprofit organization, Risant Health, President and CEO Jaewon Ryu, MD, said the system must remain focused on driving its strategy forward with "the same rigor to address the challenging headwinds our industry and our communities continue to face."

At a time when “bipartisan” might seem vanishingly rare, the word “unanimous” has become nearly unthinkable.

The Minnesota Nursing Board has called an emergency meeting slated for May 18 to consider removing its executive director, Kimberly Miller, BSN, RN, who has been at the center of mismanagement complaints, according to a ProPublica report. 

Bryan Dickerson brings 30 years of healthcare experience, particularly in product management and software solutions, to his current role as healthcare AI partner LeanTaaS’ Director of Client Services for Inpatient Flow.