David McSwain, MD, CMIO of Chapel Hill-based UNC Health, had a tough decision to make: which ambient AI technology should he implement across the system’s 7,000 physicians practicing across the state of North Carolina? The answer came at the end…
Leadership & Management
It has been less than four years since COVID-19 ravaged our world, stressing hospitals and physicians to the brink as they coped with a modern-day plague that claimed the lives of old and young alike. Despite the carnage and the…
At 26 years old, Kyle Kopec is helping reopen previously shuttered hospitals as co-founder and chief compliance officer of BradenHealth. The company has assumed operations of dozens of hospitals since 2020, acquiring the buildings of closed hospitals or facilities nearing…
Linda Hunt, RN, who retired as president and CEO of Dignity Health’s Southwest Division in 2022, died May 17 at age 76, according to her obituary. Ms. Hunt spent 51 years in healthcare and joined San Francisco-based Dignity Health in…
Josh Kooistra, DO, became the permanent president of Corewell Health in West Michigan in May after serving on an interim basis since December. Prior to his current role, Dr. Kooistra served as senior vice president and chief medical officer of…
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Health systems across the country are reimagining leadership development with bold investments designed to cultivate teams prepared to thrive in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape. It takes time, resources and intentionality to build leadership development and training programs that meet…
When Mary Jo Cagle, MD, stepped into the role of president and CEO at Cone Health, she became the first woman and first physician to lead the Greensboro, N.C.-based health system. Now, four years after taking the helm and 14…
Hospital and health system executives have long emphasized that cross-departmental alignment is critical to organizational success — but it can be challenging, especially when department-level priorities compete with broader strategies. Collaboration is among the top leadership skills CEOs are working…
Health system executives used one word over and over again to describe their experience through the COVID-19 pandemic. It became a tired mantra quickly and some retired it from their vocabulary. But now it’s back, for good reason. “Unprecedented.” “We…
The House’s passage of President Donald Trump’s sweeping “One Big Beautiful Bill” is a clear turning point for healthcare providers across the country. As a healthcare CEO, I feel compelled to voice both the strategic and ethical implications of this…