From addressing staff anxiety to retraining physicians to practice in an intensive care unit, unparalleled challenges have confronted physician group leaders amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have taken new approaches to patient care, likely leading to headway in reducing mortality rates and length of stays in intensive care units, Atlantic Health System CEO Brian Gragnolati told CNBC.
A no-confidence petition on Beaumont Health President and CEO John Fox and Executive Vice President and CMO David Wood Jr., MD, is being circulated by some physician leaders at the Southfield, Mich.-based health system, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
Expansion of telehealth. Primary care investments. Unaffordable healthcare costs. None of these topics are new to healthcare, but the COVID-19 pandemic has provided fresh insight into just how important they are in the delivery of care.
Stephen Whited, CEO of Grantsville, W. Va.-based Minnie Hamilton Health System, has tested positive for COVID-19, he confirmed recently on the system's Facebook page.
Atrium Health president and CEO Gene Woods appealed to a Senate panel for continued financial support for healthcare providers during the pandemic, permanent coverage for telemedicine services and reinvestment in public health to combat COVID-19 and address racial health disparities.
The Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital in Bethany, Okla., has a new leader following allegations that the former CEO mistreated female employees, The Oklahoman reported July 19.
The American Hospital Association named Wright Lassiter III, the president and CEO of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System, as its chair-elect designate.
President Donald Trump said he plans to approve a healthcare plan "within two weeks," in an interview that aired July 19 on "Fox News Sunday."
Saint Alphonsus Health System in Boise, Idaho, said it will lay off some employees and make other cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BoiseDev reported July 16.
