The fate of FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, MD, remained unclear May 11 after multiple news outlets reported May 8 that President Donald Trump had signed off on a plan to oust him — reports the president publicly waved off the…
Leadership & Management
Healthcare continues to face tight margins, patient expectations keep climbing and clinical and operational leaders are being asked to do more with the teams and tools they already have. The organizations making a difference despite these challenges are the ones…
Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia, the nation’s first chartered hospital, opened a public museum May 8 as part of its 275th anniversary celebration and the United States’ semiquincentennial. The hospital, part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, reopened its historic Pine Building to…
In early March, Memphis, Tenn.-based Regional One Health received certificate-of-need approval from the Tennessee Health Facilities Commission to build a $900 million hospital in Memphis, roughly a half mile from the system’s existing Regional Medical Center, which is Tennessee’s oldest…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt Health is turning to AI to expand services without expanding its workforce at the same pace as years past, President and CEO Jeff Balser, MD, PhD, said at the system’s spring leadership forum. Dr. Balser said Vanderbilt…
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National Hospital Week — which aims to recognize and celebrate hospitals, health systems and healthcare workers — begins May 10 and runs through May 16. Four things to know: 1. The origins of National Hospital Week date to 1921, when…
Leo Henikoff, MD, who served as Chicago-based Rush’s president and CEO for 17 years, died April 24 at age 86. Dr. Henikoff was Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center’s second president and CEO, and stepped down in 2001, according to a May…
Digital health initiatives have reshaped how healthcare organizations deliver care, manage operations, and engage patients — but not always in the ways leaders anticipated. From patient portals and EHR implementations to AI-powered automation and remote monitoring, the industry has made…
Amid mounting financial pressures, workforce shortages and rapid technological change, healthcare leaders are turning their attention toward building the next generation of leadership now, not later. “There’s going to be a lot of change no matter what,” Greg Damron, CFO…
The math on American healthcare spending and research dollars are hard to swallow. Many academic health systems have seen funding depleted over the last year and are struggling to cover costs for new innovations on the healthcare delivery side. Alzheimer’s…