Leadership & Management

Four hundred of the nation's more than 600,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 have been children. The presidents and CEOs of four children's hospitals in Missouri wrote in a July 13 blog post that "for anyone tempted to view this impact…

We find the questions, "What makes a great leader?" and "What does great leadership mean in practice?" to be really interesting.

Serving at one of the largest health systems in the nation, Lori Pilla, RN, described her journey from nurse to vice president and chief supply chain officer at Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy.

President Joe Biden will nominate Atul Gawande, MD, for assistant administrator of the United States Agency for International Development's Bureau for Global Health, the White House said July 13.  

Fayetteville, Ark.-based Washington Regional Medical Center is refining its phased surge plan as hospitals across pockets of Arkansas and Missouri report large influxes of COVID-19 patients. 

President Joe Biden will nominate Rahul Gupta, MD, former West Virginia public health commissioner, as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a White House official confirmed to The Hill July 13. 

Of the many responsibilities ChristianaCare CEO Janice Nevin, MD, shoulders, the well-being of her staff keeps her awake at night the most.

Michelle Fiscus, MD, director of immunization programs at the Tennessee Department of Health, claims she was fired July 12 in retaliation for encouraging COVID-19 vaccinations among teenagers, The Washington Post reported.

Anita Jenkins, the CEO of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C., faced backlash from members of her community for encouraging them to get the COVID-19 vaccines, according to a 7News interview with Ms. Jenkins.

At a time when the patient population in the US is rapidly growing, and health systems are often unable to expand their care capacity without significant investments, the need to manage that capacity to its fullest is critical.