Leadership & Management

Here are 11 thoughts on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as it moves into 2014, what many call its biggest year yet.

Managers and directors at Casper-based Wyoming Medical Center have taken furloughs to cut the hospital's budget, according to a Casper Star-Tribune report.

In a world that has become dominated by talking points and vapid banter, genuine discussion is often left out of the mix.

The last time I took a Ropes Course, I was a junior in high school and attended along with other members of one of our school clubs. The purpose, of course, was to bring us closer together, to trust one…

Despite the fact that his hospital will likely lose $28 million over the next 10 years, David Keith, CEO of McAlester (Okla.) Regional Health Center is vowing that no employees will be laid off, according to a McAlester News report.

Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis, Maine, will close its endoscopy unit by the end of November, resulting in 21 layoffs, according to a Cape Cod Online report.

Hospital executives will likely have to reassess their strategy for success as the healthcare world continues to evolve.

Chuck Lauer was once told that "anyone who thinks they can predict the future of healthcare is either a fool or a liar."

At the Becker's Hospital Review Annual CEO Strategy Roundtable in Chicago on Nov. 14, Joe Lupica, chairman, New Point Healthcare Advisors, moderated a panel discussion on the value of rural hospitals within care networks.

At Becker's Hospital Review Annual Chief Executive Officer Roundtable on Nov. 14, 2014, a group of hospital industry leaders gathered for a panel discussion about the best ideas for community hospitals today.