Leadership & Management

Hospitals depend on outside vendors for an enormous range of products and services, but nowhere is that relationship more visible than in procedural care. Medical device representatives may be present for surgeries, coordinate specialized equipment and work closely with clinical…

Hospitals across the U.S. are seeking new CEOs as healthcare C-suites continue to evolve. Some organizations are eliminating individual hospital CEO roles in favor of regional leadership models, especially as health systems grow. Others have expanded hospital CEOs’ responsibilities in…

For too long, onboarding in healthcare has been a whirlwind of paperwork, an impersonal orientation and a bit of a sink-or-swim mentality on the floor. It’s a lost opportunity in a pivotal moment that can lead people to disengage, or…

Health systems have spent two years debating which AI tools to buy. The executives running them are starting to question how often they need to revisit that decision. Richard Mulry, president and CEO of Northwell Holdings in New Hyde Park,…

Over the past decade, healthcare organizations have increasingly adopted high-reliability organization principles to improve patient safety. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, defines HROs as organizations that operate…

Great hospitals bring excellence to every encounter, for every patient, in every specialty, at every level of care, wielding an uncompromising commitment to safety and a culture of nonstop growth. Becker’s is proud to release its “Great Hospitals in America”…

The health system CEO job description is getting longer, and increasingly filled with responsibilities that barely registered five years ago. Today’s CEOs are expected to steer AI strategy, prepare for cyberattacks, shape culture, advocate in statehouses and on Capitol Hill,…

HCA Healthcare, a for-profit hospital operator based in Nashville, Tenn., is seeking leaders for numerous C-suite roles within the organization. With 189 hospitals and about 2,600 ambulatory sites of care in 19 states and the United Kingdom, HCA is seeking…

Orlando (Fla.) Health-Health Central Hospital’s four female leaders have a long history of working together at Orlando Health, and now, for the first time, they are leading the system’s community hospital based in Ocoee, Fla. Their diverse paths began in…

The prevailing debate over HR-1’s Rural Health Transformation Program has centered on what the program won’t deliver. Some rural leaders have raised questions about whether the $50 billion initiative will reach the providers it was designed to support; separate concerns…