Leadership & Management

The centrality of leadership The recent report from the Institute of Medicine, "Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America," is a powerful wake-up call to the nation. As the IOM report attests, "American…

In a recent post on athenahealth's Leadership Forum, Nancy Koehn, PhD, a faculty member at Harvard Business School, discusses what leadership lessons healthcare leaders can take away from President Abraham Lincoln and his successful struggle to end the Civil War…

Sacred Heart Hospital on the Emerald Coast in Miramar Beach, Fla., is a member of Saint Louis-based Ascension Health.

Madison, Wis.-based Meriter Health Services is cutting a total of 140 jobs, 50 of which involve employee layoffs, according to a Wisconsin State Journal report.

Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua, a four-hospital system with more than 1,800 physicians, and CVS Caremark's MinuteClinic, the largest provider of retail-based health clinics, have entered into a clinical collaboration agreement.

St. Vincent Health System in Little Rock, Ark., has laid off 29 employees and eliminated another 21 open positions, according to a KTHV report.

Steven G. Littleson, FACHE, has served as president of Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., since 1997.

Augusta Health in Fishersville, Va., is a community hospital serving the Shenandoah Valley.

St. Mary's of Michigan Medical Center in Saginaw is cutting 24 jobs and reducing work hours for another 46 employees.

Orlando (Fla.) Health is cutting up to 400 jobs immediately, which represents a 2 percent to 3 percent workforce reduction for the system, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.