One of the great paradoxes in healthcare is this: Women make up the majority of the workforce and drive most healthcare decisions in U.S. households, yet they remain persistently underrepresented in executive leadership roles. This gap between presence and power…
Leadership & Management
At the operational core of academic medical centers are chief operating officers, who ensure that care delivery is efficient, effective and aligned with the mission of advancing medicine. The COOs leading academic medical centers and health systems nationwide take on…
Women in healthcare leadership continue to face outsized challenges — from implicit bias to unequal expectations. However, it’s become clear that when women occupy the C-suite, quality, culture and financial performance all benefit. In this session — led by Becker’s…
Ambulatory care has been on the agenda for decades, but today it has become a strategic imperative for health system C-suites. Rising costs, value-based payment models, and shifting patient expectations have pushed ambulatory growth from a “nice to have” into…
A growing number of healthcare executives are expanding their view of population health — and in Detroit, that view now includes the arts. This fall, the leadership of Henry Ford Health, Detroit Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital of Michigan and Wayne…
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As healthcare leaders face increasing pressure to elevate the patient experience, upgrading highly visible areas of a facility, such as the lobby, can serve as a cost-effective strategy to transform first impressions without requiring a major financial commitment or large-scale…
A CEO’s tenure can be defined by four key stages, beginning before they are selected for the role and ending when they pass the baton, according to a Sept. 9 McKinsey article. The article features insights from the authors of…
Kaiser Permanente is entering the Nevada market through a newly announced joint venture with Renown Health, bringing more integrated, value-based care to the state’s expanding population. Announced on Sept. 10, the initiative will form a new health insurance entity —…
Health system executives used to talk about growth in terms of revenue, staff size, capital projects and patient volume. Not anymore. As hospitals and health systems experience tighter margins, workforce shortages and the need for true value-based care, the conversation…
Will Condon serves in a role he never expected to achieve: president and CEO of Ascension Sacred Heart in Pensacola, Fla. — the hospital where he was born and, decades later, climbed the ranks to the C-suite. After graduating from…