Leadership & Management

"I was specifically drawn to Boston because Massachusetts was leading the way in health care reform, ahead of the game in universal healthcare and committed to accelerating toward widespread accountable care and population health. It was enormously appealing that the…

Engineers in the medical field focus daily on designing innovations that improve patient care. More and more hospital administrators and clinicians focus daily on improving patient safety.

Joining forces with ZirMed has given me even more opportunities than before to answer the question of why the future of healthcare is in predictive analytics. Sometimes I can answer in just five words.

As we look over the past 10 to 15 years in healthcare, there are several core management mistakes we see repeating themselves. These unfortunate patterns can be the key causes of failure, hurting the sustainability of an organization. Avoid the…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued a guidance warning about the dangers of opioid-induced respiratory depression ("OIRD") and required the following actions be taken:

Mark E. Doyle, MBA, became administrator and CEO of Memorial Hospital Pembroke in Pembroke Pines, Fla., in December 2014. As CEO, Mr. Doyle leads all operations of the 149-bed Memorial Hospital Pembroke, including the hospital's outpatient services and urgent care…

Eric Bieber, MD, MHM, became president and CEO of Rochester (N.Y.) Regional Health System on Nov. 1.

Despite playing a vital role in patient care delivery, nurses make up only 6 percent of hospital board members according to the most recent American Hospital Association governance data.

Joseph Sluka, MBA, stepped into his role as president and CEO of the nonprofit St. Charles Health System, based in Bend, Ore., on Dec. 1, 2014.

Derek Vance, MHA, was appointed CEO of LewisGate Hospital Pulaski (Va.) beginning Nov. 13, 2014.