Donna Katen-Bahensky has served as president and CEO of University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, part of UW Health, since February 2008.
Leadership & Management
Over the past few years a new phenomenon has burst upon the healthcare world: the call for a positive work environment for employees. This is a great trend and I hope it will continue forever, but one warning: it is…
Many executives in the hospital industry aren't too fazed by the Supreme Court arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or the possibility that the individual mandate may be struck down, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Here is a list of the top 12 strongest U.S. healthcare markets, based on information from iVantage Health Analytics' 2011 Hospital Strength Index. The index is a comprehensive rating system that compares U.S. general acute-care hospitals across a continuum of…
Despite academic medical centers' reputation for innovative treatments and the ability to care for complicated conditions, 78 percent of consumers said they would not be willing to pay a higher premium to access care at an AMC, according to the…
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Carolyn Wilson, RN, has been the president of the University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview in Minneapolis since 2011.
The following is reprinted with permission from the blog, "Not Running a Hospital," authored by Paul Levy, former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Andy Oram from O'Reilly Communications offers some thoughtful observations in this post, entitled,…
For 25 years, Charles "Chuck" Lauer served as publisher of Modern Healthcare. He helped stabilize the magazine, bringing it from an unprofitable, monthly publication to one of the top healthcare news weeklies. In addition to his role as publisher, Mr.…
David Feinberg, MD, MBA, has been president of UCLA Health System in Los Angeles since July 2011. He has been CEO of the hospital system and associate vice chancellor of UCLA Health Sciences since 2007. Dr. Feinberg has been committed…
Research Belton (Mo.) Hospital, part of the HCA Midwest Health System in Kansas City, Mo., has announced a name change to Belton Regional Medical Center, effective April 1.