The extraordinary turbulence surrounding AI security is likely to have a profound impact on board governance of health care companies, both as to its overarching agenda and to director oversight obligations. This, given the extensive commitment by many such companies to AI…

Eleven hospitals earned a spot on U.S. News & World Report‘s 2026-27 Best Children’s Hospitals Honor Roll, published Sept. 15, a designation for hospitals with the highest rankings across all 11 pediatric specialties evaluated. Their leaders include physicians and a…

Numerous members of the community board for Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., have resigned, CT Mirror reported Sept. 10. The hospital is part of Hartford-based Trinity Health of New England. The community board “serves in an advisory capacity” and…

Sam Hazen, CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, joined an Aug. 28 meeting to discuss how challenges at the system’s Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital are being addressed. The Western North Carolina Health Policy Initiative’s meeting also included Mission Hospital President…

Anthony Robbins, MD, a pioneer in health policy, died July 5 at 85, The New York Times reported. Dr. Robbins died of complications from long COVID, heart disease and Parkinson’s disease, his wife said.  He graduated from the Yale School…

Three of the CEOs of the 10 largest health systems in the U.S. took the helm within the past year, while four have longer-than-average tenures. The average healthcare CEO tenures is 6.4 years, according to a recent report from executive…

The healthcare industry is marking 25 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by remembering the lives lost that day and the healthcare workers and first responders who answered the call without hesitation. Nearly 3,000 people died in the…

Cambridge, Mass.-based Harvard University’s MBA program has the largest share of alumni that went on to become a CEO, according to the “Mid-year Volatility Report” from executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates. The executive recruiting firm tracks the backgrounds and…

Healthcare has had the lowest COO turnover in 2026 out of all industries tracked in the 2026 “Mid-year Volatility Report” from executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates. The executive recruiting firm tracks the backgrounds and turnover of C-suite executives across…

Hospitals and health systems named far more CEOs in the past five and a half months than they did over the same stretch in 2025, and most of those hires still came from outside the organization or its parent health…