Leadership & Management

For Howard Chrisman, MD, home is where the heart — and ambition — is. 

Generation Z does not need praise with constructive feedback; they need to know their mentor believes in their potential, David Yeager, PhD, wrote in an essay published Aug. 1 in The Wall Street Journal.

Becker's asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share the biggest misconception about healthcare this year.

By the time Brian Gragnolati joined Atlantic Health System as president and CEO in 2015, it was increasingly evident to him that while there was a strong board, changes to the system's governance model were necessary due to its growth.

Health systems have a big challenge: rising costs and reimbursement that doesn't keep up with inflation. The amount spent on healthcare annually continues to rise while outcomes aren't meaningfully better.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement released a report July 31 to support hospitals and health systems in defining the health equity officer role and in hiring efforts. 

The Joint Commission has named Kevin Zacharyasz as its inaugural director of healthcare sustainability, the accrediting body said in a LinkedIn post July 31.. 

K. Scott Wester has seen a dramatic evolution in the healthcare industry over his decades-long career, from technology advancements to increased employment of physicians by health systems. 

From becoming the youngest healthcare CEO in Massachusetts at just 37 years old to becoming the longest-serving healthcare leader in the state, it's hard to believe that Christine Schuster, president and CEO of Concord, Mass.-based Emerson Health, initially had no…

In a post-pandemic world, Boston-based Tufts Medicine CEO Michael Dandorph acknowledged that change is a hard, but important, part of growth.