Clinical teams are reaching peak stress levels and there’s little relief in sight. Nurse and physician shortages are expected to worsen over the next five years while demand for care increases. Health system C-suites are now identifying unique opportunities to…
Leadership & Management
Hospitals and health systems are undergoing a seismic shift in how they structure, support and scale their workforces. Faced with persistent labor shortages, financial constraints and rising consumer expectations, health leaders are turning to artificial intelligence and digital innovation not…
Jeff Zewe, RN, president and CEO of Northern Maine Medical Center in Fort Kent, and CFO Aaron Teachout will take on the same roles at Houlton (Maine) Regional Hospital under a new one-year management agreement between the hospitals. In a…
Hospitals and health systems across the country continue to face anesthesiologist shortages, with little relief in sight. Research suggests the United States could see a shortfall of 8,450 anesthesiologists by 2037. As demand for anesthesia services rises and the pipeline…
In its ongoing effort to retain employees, Providence leans on a strategy that guides caregivers to form deeper connections with their purpose and work experienced through their mission. The engine of this strategy is the Mission Leadership Institute. Established in…
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Robert Brenner, MD, president and CEO of Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System, knows what it means to lead amid uncertainty — a lesson he traces to his first job in the Air Force during the Gulf War. Dr. Brenner joined…
Elon Musk’s time as a special government employee is coming to an end after leading President Donald Trump’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” “As my scheduled time as a special government employee comes to an end, I would like to thank…
Infusion centers nationwide are struggling with increasing patient volumes, staff burnout, and limited chair capacity. Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine tackled these challenges head-on at its high-volume Galter 17 Infusion Center. By partnering with LeanTaaS to implement iQueue for Infusion Centers and…
David McSwain, MD, CMIO of Chapel Hill-based UNC Health, had a tough decision to make: which ambient AI technology should he implement across the system’s 7,000 physicians practicing across the state of North Carolina? The answer came at the end…
It has been less than four years since COVID-19 ravaged our world, stressing hospitals and physicians to the brink as they coped with a modern-day plague that claimed the lives of old and young alike. Despite the carnage and the…