Value-based healthcare is at the core of sweeping changes facing our healthcare system. A multi-tier approach is needed to move the needle on value-based programs, with many healthcare organizations plotting their own course starting from patient experience, to quality outcomes,…
Leadership & Management
Kathleen E. Kuck, RN, has served as president and CEO of Pocono Health System in East Stroudsburg, Pa., since January 2008. Ms. Kuck also serves as president and CEO of Pocono Medical Center in East Stroudsburg.
A new blog post from global employee assessment firm Select International, based in Pittsburgh, shares three strategies for organizations to retain their top talent.
Nurses at Quincy (Mass.) Medical Center will strike for one day on April 11, according to a Boston Globe report.
Healthcare employers face unique challenges when it comes to absence, leave and disability management due to the need to balance several countervailing interests including running a 24-hour healthcare operation, ensuring patient care remains paramount, ensuring compliance with the law and…
Jennifer Ensminger, MBA, has served as president and CEO of Pacific Hospital Long Beach (Calif.) since March 15, 2013.
St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia has laid off 46 employees, which is about 2 percent of the hospital's workforce, according to a Philadelphia Inquirer report.
California has the highest number of people living in a primary care health professional shortage area, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
In late February, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health announced a strategic branding campaign, which includes new names and logos for 13 acute-care facilities, more than 100 outpatient facilities and more than 350 physician practice facilities across four states. The system will…
Larry Goodman, MD, has served as CEO of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago since February 2002, making him one of the longest tenured healthcare CEOs in the country. Dr. Goodman also serves as president of Rush University, president of…