Many hospital executives institute expensive renovation projects with the hopes the improved care environment will boost patient satisfaction scores. However, new research suggests a patient-centered care environment has no direct effect on a patient's satisfaction with their care, according to…
Leadership & Management
Failure is Not an Option – a More Deliberate Approach to Healthcare Leader Selection and Development
In many respects, the demands of leading a healthcare organization today have outpaced our ability to prepare and develop senior leaders ready to face these challenges. Many senior leaders fail because of behavioral deficiencies that could have been identified…
Unlike their current initiatives, there is considerable variability among healthcare executives' top emerging priorities over the next 18 months, according to a recent survey conducted by Hospital 100.
David Feinberg, MD, former UCLA Hospital System CEO, was appointed to take the top seat at Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System on Monday. A hands-on clinician leader, Dr. Feinberg says after studying Geisinger for the last six years, he cannot…
As hospital leaders look at the next couple of years and think about strategy and market pressures to improve, one thing becomes vital to success– linking strategy directly to the "point of execution".
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Reginald Eadie, MD, was named CEO of DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital, effective March 27. Dr. Eadie, who is currently CEO of DMC Harper-Hutzel Hospital in Detroit, will continue to serve in this role alongside his appointed role at Detroit Receiving…
The 55-bed Fort Worth, Texas-based Medical Center Alliance saw its first patients last week in a brand new, $90 million facility.
David "Torch" Torchiana, MD, will step up to CEO of Boston-based Partners HealthCare next month, facing the challenge of tempering the image of Massachusetts' largest health system and developing a new expansion strategy, according to The Boston Globe.
Pittsburgh-based UPMC's aggressive growth strategy, executive compensation and tax-exempt status has attracted a fair amount of scrutiny. However, Nicholas Beckwith, chairman of UPMC's board of directors, defends the health system's business acumen to and CEO Jeffrey Romoff's paycheck, according to…
John T. Fox currently serves as president and CEO of Atlanta, Ga.-based Emory Healthcare. In January, Mr. Fox announced a new appointment to serve as president and CEO of Detroit-based Beaumont Health, which will begin March 25.