Leadership & Management

Robert W. Coon, MD, the first dean of Huntington, W.V.-based Marshall University's medical school, died Dec. 12, according to The Herald-Dispatch.

Since the beginning of December, two prominent CEOs have experience major life changes, according to The Washington Post.

The Oklahoma Hospital Association has picked a new board chairman and elected new board members, according to a Wagoner Tribune report.

Despite the fact that healthcare is perhaps one of the most human-centric industries, the healthcare industry is late to adopt a consumer-centered business model.

Vincent McCorkle, former CEO of Springfield, Mass.-based Sisters of Providence Health System, died Nov. 24 at his home in Delaware, according to a report published on Masslive.com.

John Heer Jr., former president and CEO of Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services, is the recipient of the Baldridge Foundation's 2016 Harry S. Hertz Leadership Award.

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