Leadership & Management

Orlando (Fla.) Health has appointed four leaders to new roles.

More than 100 elected officials, community leaders, healthcare professionals, academics and others are calling on University Hospital's board and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to name the hospital's chief equity officer as its next CEO, according to NJ Advance Media. 

The right to bear arms has existed since we became a nation. So, too, has the risk of violence that extensive gun ownership creates in our society. 

A sea change is unfolding in executive recruitment, where strengths sought from CEOs include new and often "softer" skills with less reliance on the traditional indicators of managerial potential.

Nearly four dozen hospital CEOs have left their roles this year as a record number of chiefs across all industries have resigned, according to a June 15 Challenger, Gray & Christmas report. 

It is a tumultuous period in healthcare and particularly in perioperative care and anesthesiology. Demand for care is increasing while the supply of labor is decreasing.

Anthony Fauci, MD, chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden and the nation's top infectious disease expert, has tested positive for COVID-19, the National Institutes of Health said June 15. 

Amwell® (NYSE: AMWL), a digital care delivery leader, has named Dr. Carrie Nelson as its new Chief Medical Officer.

The Biden administration is planning to unveil a plan for the next pandemic as soon as this month, Bloomberg reported June 14. 

Sandra Powell-Elliott serves as the vice president of life sciences and innovation at Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health.