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…
Leadership & Management
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…
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of health systems guided their organizations through an acute crisis, when an “all-hands-on-deck” approach was prominent and there was broad awareness of the collaboration and urgency needed in the moment. Today, however,…
Infusion centers face the ongoing challenge of balancing patient demand, staff workload, and operational efficiency. At the recent Transform Infusion Center Operations Virtual Summit, Marisa Quinn, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Director of Nursing, Infusion Services & Cancer Acute Care at…
Boston-based Harvard Medical School has been instructed by university administrators to cut research enterprise spending by at least 20% by the end of the fiscal year as part of a broader effort to rightsize expenses amid steep federal funding cuts.…
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Clinician burnout may be one of the most pressing and widespread challenges in today’s healthcare environment. In the U.S., research reveals that physicians are 82% more likely to experience burnout than those in other occupations. The consequences are dire, costing…
Much of the former CDC director Susan Monarez’s, PhD, hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Sept. 17 centered on what HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy reportedly told her about plans to alter the childhood vaccine…
Hal Leftwich, CEO of Big South Fork Medical Center in Oneida, Tenn., died Sept. 16 at age 69. Mr. Leftwich had more than 40 years of healthcare leadership experience and led hospitals across the U.S. through periods of challenge and…
Amy Knight, chief administrative officer of Cook Children’s Health Care System, has officially come full circle at the Fort Worth, Texas-based system, having begun her journey there years ago as an intern. “I think one of the things that draws…
When Mitchell Rosner, MD, stepped in to lead Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health on an interim basis in February, his top priority was maintaining stability in operations and patient care. “The second was working with our faculty, physicians and front-line staff…