Healthcare leaders across the country are grappling with an urgent and undeniable reality: the workforce crisis is reshaping every part of our industry. Burnout, staffing shortages, rising patient acuity and the accelerating pace of change are putting unprecedented pressure on…
Leadership & Management
LeanTaaS Named Best in KLAS for Capacity Optimization Management for the Second Straight Year
Back-to-back wins reinforce customer trust and category leadership, making LeanTaaS the only vendor to ever win Best in KLAS in Capacity Optimization Management. SANTA CLARA, Calif. — February 4, 2026 — LeanTaaS, Inc., the market leader in AI-powered and cloud-based capacity…
Our mission at University Health is to increase the good health of the community through high-quality, compassionate patient care, innovation, education, and discovery. To deliver on that mission, patients need to move safely and efficiently through every stage of care.…
As surgical demand climbs and anesthesia shortages persist, leading organizations are finding they can free up significant operating room capacity without adding new bricks and mortar. During a recent webinar hosted by LeanTaaS in collaboration with Becker’s Healthcare, physician leaders…
MetroHealth President and CEO Christine Alexander-Rager, MD, is calling on Cleveland Clinic President and CEO Tomislav Mihaljevic, MD, to reconsider the system’s plan to pursue level 1 trauma center designation at its main campus. In a Feb. 2 letter to…
Thomas Fogarty, MD, a pioneer in minimally invasive surgery and creator of the Fogarty catheter, died December 28 at 91, Medscape reported Feb. 5. Dr. Fogarty graduated with his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in…
Shlomit Schaal, MD, PhD, executive vice president and chief physician executive of Houston Methodist and president and CEO of the Houston Methodist Physician Organization, has been named Press Ganey’s HX26 Physician of the Year. The award recognizes medical professionals advancing…
Tyler Stapp, chief operating officer of Pineville (Ky.) Community Health Center, has spent his career in healthcare focused on improving patients’ access to care. Mr. Stapp helped Pineville modernize its facility and treatment options in recent years. His mission has…
President Donald Trump signed the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Appropriations Act into law Feb. 3 after the House voted 217-214 to approve it, ending a three-and-a-half-day partial government shutdown. The vote saw 21 Republicans reach…
Alec Kimmelman, MD, PhD, is assuming his dual role as dean of NYU Grossman School of Medicine and CEO of NYU Langone Health amid widespread financial and operational pressures in healthcare — but with optimism grounded in the New York…