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Leadership & Management
As healthcare executive leadership transitions become more common, guidance often focuses on search and onboarding. In a Jan. 20 article published in Nurse Leader, five nursing leaders addressed the gap that often exists during the exit and immediate postdeparture period.…
Casey Means, MD, appeared before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Feb. 25 as she seeks to become the nation’s surgeon general, fielding questions about vaccines and her clinical background. Dr. Means, a wellness influencer, author and…
After three director changes since July and a wave of significant staff departures, the CDC faces growing questions about its capacity to deliver the outbreak coordination, surveillance and public health guidance hospitals have relied on for decades. Jay Bhattacharya, MD,…
Mullica Hill, N.J.-based Inspira Health is revamping its leadership structure to strengthen “systemness” across the organization and support more coordinated, efficient decision-making. The updated shared decision-making model formalizes collaboration through smaller, cross-functional leadership teams designed to align priorities, streamline coordination…
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Proposed changes to federal student loans threaten to shrink the nursing workforce when we can least afford it. Our nation is in the throes of a health care crisis, and we should be doing everything possible to support nurses and…
About four years ago, York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health made a shift that would result in millions saved in total cost of care: It turned its population health department into a systemwide strategy. “A lot of systems have a population health…
President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Feb. 24 to plug TrumpRx, criticize the ACA and call out possible Medicaid fraud. While President Trump addressed affordability more broadly, immigration, and trade, healthcare took up some of his…
Medical staff at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend in Springfield, Ore., have formally voted “no confidence” in two PeaceHealth Oregon leaders over the system’s decision to replace its longtime local emergency physician group, according to Feb. 24 reports…
Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals, health systems, academic medical centers and universities across the U.S. to share 2026’s most pressing workforce challenges and their solutions. The 103 executives featured in this article are all speaking at the Becker’s Healthcare…