Leadership & Management

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital is undergoing significant changes to its governance with the election of three trustees who operate under the ideology of "medical freedom" and exercise skepticism about hospitals, clinicians and COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. 

Single cancer early detection tests exist today for four common cancers.* Generally speaking, early detection works, meaning that these screening tests can save lives and reduce cancer deaths. However, most cancers currently go undetected in their early stages because there…

Aromatherapy, considered an alternative or complementary therapy, is showing promise toward helping people with stress, anxiety, pain and post-surgery or post-procedural nausea in clinical settings.

If you are a physician or nurse working in a hospital or clinic, you likely have treated a victim of human trafficking - but you may not have known it. Nearly 9 in 10 victims seek medical care at some…

John A. Brennan, MD, serves as president and CEO of Dallas-based Children's Health & UT Southwestern Joint Pediatric Enterprise.  

While the concept of value-based care has been around for some time, successful implementation is still challenging for many primary care providers. The solution revolves around extending patient-focused services beyond the office visit.

When Atlanta Medical Center shuttered, it was the closure heard cross-country. 

Leaders at companies across industries must face tough questions. And healthcare is no exception as the industry has grappled with workforce challenges and difficult financial circumstances, forcing some hospitals and health systems to cut jobs or services. Amid today's environment,…

CommonSpirit Health is a Chicago-based health system with the core objectives of improving health equity, building overall healthier communities, and providing groundbreaking care.

Chad Melton, the president of Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center, was fairly quiet when the hospital began showing signs of crisis this fall — a nurse calling 911, a preliminary denial of accreditation — but now, "he seems to…