Leadership & Management

A person's gender may play a significant role in how well they recover from a bad joke, according to a September study published in Science Direct.

Hospital leaders have a big role in retention at their organization, with most employees associating supportive leadership with top reasons to stay at a job, according to a survey by Talk Space and The Harris Poll.

Retired football hero Eli Manning has joined Hackensack Meridian Health's board of trustees.

Two members of Transylvania Regional Hospital's board resigned Sept. 20, saying they are "powerless, voiceless and definitely unessential" now that the hospital is owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CEOs in the last few weeks.

Excessive free time does not make people happier, according to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services has promoted several senior leaders as part of a "systemness" reorganization that takes effect Oct. 1, said M. Shane Spees, the organization's president and CEO.

President Joe Biden launched a federal effort Sept. 21 to address health risks associated with extreme heat, including the development of a rule on heat illness prevention to protect workers in outdoor and indoor work settings.  

Hospital administrators in Florida are asking for help from the state as they grapple with staffing strain during the latest COVID-19 wave, according to the News Service of Florida.

Former University of Chicago transplant surgeon Yolanda T. Becker, MD, has resigned from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine panel after accepting a new position, according to The Washington Post.