Leadership & Management

Medical professionals commonly use jargon to discuss software systems, medical devices and terms. Yet, too much jargon can disengage patients and harm workplace culture. Here are four tips to mitigating excessive jargon, according to a March 19 report published in…

The past year was a record one for rural hospital closures. But Ballad Health, a Johnson City, Tenn.-based 21-hospital system serving mostly rural communities, has taken a different approach that its leader said has allowed Ballad to continue serving rural…

Vermont hospital CEOs have accused the Green Mountain Care Board, the state's regulatory body for hospitals, of overreach after they requested reduced oversight during the pandemic, according to a March 19 VTDigger report.

The city of Chicago is withholding first COVID-19 doses from Loretto Hospital pending a review after it offered vaccinations to workers at Trump Tower, where the hospital's COO, Anosh Ahmed, MD, owns a condo, the Chicago Tribune  and Block Club Chicago reported.

The Senate has confirmed Xavier Becerra as the next HHS secretary. He will lead a $1 trillion-plus agency with 80,000 employees. 

Thirty business executives gave their best piece of advice that healthcare executives can learn from in a March 17 article published by MIT Sloan News.

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra is set to become the next HHS secretary after the Senate narrowly voted March 18 to confirm him, The Washington Post reported.    

President Joe Biden is considering Rahul Gupta, MD, the former West Virginia public health commissioner, to lead his administration's drug policy office, three people familiar with the matter told Politico.

Michael Pfeffer, MD, FACP, serves as Assistant Vice-Chancellor and Chief Information Officer at UCLA Health; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Jaewon Ryu, MD, JD, serves as President and Chief Executive Officer at Geisinger.