Leadership & Management

Kenneth W. Bateman, CPA, MHA, was recently named president and CEO of Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHEALTH System, Dec. 15.

The following hospitals and health systems shared plans for or implemented layoffs within the past month. They are listed by the number of positions or employees affected.

 Lance Jones, PT, MHA, was named CEO of Macon, Ga.-based Coliseum Health System in September 2014.

Plans are in place for Aramark to lay off 100 employees who work at Saint Louis University Hospital, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Trish Hannon, MBA, became president and CEO of Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital in November 2009.

The continuing spread of Ebola in West Africa has put hospitals across the United States on high alert. Infectious disease outbreaks are a reminder of how important it is to focus attention on overall hospital safety and to make sure…

Columbus, Ohio-based James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute officially opens the doors of its new facility Monday, Dec. 15, to be the third largest cancer hospital in the nation.

Jessica Dudley, MD, CMO of Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization, recently shared four tips to develop physician leaders with Harvard Business Review.

Susan Hicks, RN, MN, was appointed in August as president and CEO of Lone Tree, Colo.-based Sky Ridge Medical Center. She steps into this role after serving the hospital as COO since it opened in 2003.

Penny Wheeler, MD, is Minneapolis-based Allina Health's first female CEO. She was promoted to this position in November, and will begin after Kenneth Paulus retires at the end of the year.