Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is leaning into growth — not cost cutting — as the primary path forward amid mounting industry pressures. “You have to grow your way through this,” Warner Thomas, president and CEO of Sutter Health, said during…
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Telemedicine programs in rural and community hospitals are improving access and outcomes for patients while augmenting and supporting providers with expert resources. These were the main themes at a panel discussion sponsored by Access TeleCare at Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting.…
Health systems nationwide are grappling with the same operational challenge: hospitals running at or near capacity while patients remain admitted longer than medically necessary because care transitions can take too long. During a recent conversation hosted by Becker’s Healthcare, leaders…
Ambulatory care is moving to the center of health system strategy — and leadership structures are shifting with it. Outpatient services accounted for 57% of hospital revenues in 2024, up from 52% in 2020, according to the American Hospital Association.…
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during a House Committee on Ways and Means hearing April 16 that he will reform the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Mr. Kennedy told lawmakers that the committee, which makes recommendations about clinical…
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As health systems move beyond an era defined by geographic expansion and scale, CEOs are beginning to rethink a fundamental question: What counts as growth today? Leaders are reframing the answer away from footprint and volume, and toward margin durability,…
A roughly 30-second clip of a hospital CEO on “The Pitt” left Dennis Murphy, president and CEO of Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health, with two key takeaways on what leaders should avoid. During the medical drama’s second season, hospital CEO Trent…
Stephanie Conners, MBA, BSN, RN, began her career as a bedside nurse before advancing into leadership roles across several health systems, including serving as executive vice president and COO of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, and holding executive nursing and operational roles…
Financial pressures remain the leading concern among hospital CEOs, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey of issues facing hospitals. Workforce challenges ranked No. 2, followed by governmental mandates. The survey, conducted in October and shared with…
For many health system executives, the “last mile” of care is often the most frustratingly opaque. While leadership teams invest significant resources into optimizing internal metrics such as ER wait times and daily discharge volumes, the actual logistics of home…