Labor costs normally represent 45 to 60 percent of a hospital's expenses, making the workforce a perpetual target of cost control. In 2011, many hospitals experienced increases in turnover and continued to struggle with the retention of high performers, according…
Leadership & Management
Sue Brody serves as the president and CEO of Bayfront Medical Center and Bayfront Health System.
Jobs at Illinois hospitals remained relatively steady during the recession, but a slew of job cuts in the past year suggests a significant workforce reduction may hit hospitals across the country as well, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Women account for only 18 percent of hospital CEOs and only 4 percent of healthcare company CEOs, according to a report from Rock Health. However, they face the same challenges of reimbursement, hospital-physician alignment and population health management. How are…
Javon Bea has served as the president and CEO of Mercy Health System in Janesville, Wis., since 1989.
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Nurses from Mercy Regional Medical Center in Lorain, Ohio, are planning a 24-strike and picket line on Oct. 19, according to a Chronicle-Telegram report.
What professional lessons can hospital leaders learn from the 2012 presidential debates? Quite a few, according to Kristen Hayner, senior executive advisor with healthcare communications firm Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock.
Faulkner Hospital in Boston is changing its name to become Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital to reflect its 14-year long affiliation with the Harvard University teaching hospital.
Joseph Quagliata served as the president and CEO of South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside, N.Y., from October 1998 through December 2012.
Roughly 209 unionized nurses from Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield, Mass., are striking for the day over failed contract negotiations.