Leadership & Management

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, tested positive for COVID-19 days after she took Paxlovid to treat mild symptoms. 

Here are five hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

At least half a dozen health systems announced changes to their executive ranks in the past month. 

Leaders of Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health and the founder of the medical group that provides the health system's physicians are facing criticism for financially supporting campaigns of specific board candidates, Voice of San Diego reported Oct. 28.

Hospital and health system CFOs are grappling with a host of challenges, ranging from increasing labor costs to volatile patient demand and reimbursement rates that aren't keeping pace with inflation. 

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens aims to keep Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center open — but first, the facility needs a new operator, Reporter Newspapers & Atlanta Intown reported Oct. 27. 

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by Becker's since Oct. 21. 

On Oct. 27, Atlanta-based Emory University announced that Ravi Thadhani, MD, an experienced leader in academic medicine, will be joining its ranks. 

"Multivoting" — allowing people more than one vote so they can select multiple options if desired — is most effective in finding the "best choice," according to a recent study from the University of Washington in Seattle. 

Burnout rates are soaring, staffing shortages are rampant and the effects of COVID-19 still linger. It is not an easy time to be a healthcare professional, yet many clinicians across the country give their time and efforts daily to make…