Amy Lee has served as president of Nantucket (Mass.) Cottage Hospital, part of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, since October 2022. She leads a hospital where dramatic seasonal shifts in population affect everything from staffing and housing to capacity and…

Academic medical centers house the most complex patient care and the most consequential medical research. They also function as a training ground for the next generation of healthcare’s workforce. Leading these institutions demands a rare combination of clinical vision, research…

The healthcare workforce crisis has been called urgent for years. What leaders across the country now describe is a problem that has moved past urgency into a breakdown across the pipeline, the employment relationship and the financial equation that has…

Saint Alphonsus Health System has eliminated the Eastern Oregon administrator position at its Baker City hospital, the Baker City Herald reported Aug. 27. The role was held by Tony Swart, who was hired in 2025. “After a careful and thoughtful…

Healthcare is under attack right now. Hospital and health system executives have watched federal and state policies passed to cut reimbursement and limit access to health insurance. They’re also seeing a resurgence in efforts to change the 340B program and…

The healthcare system has always been in the business of earning trust. What’s changed is how many forces are working against it at once. Seven health system leaders recently identified misinformation — and the crisis of trust it feeds —…

Bigger platforms, bigger footprints and a job description that keeps absorbing responsibilities.

Healthcare leaders continue to grapple with an expanding list of threats to the industry’s stability, from workforce shortages and reimbursement pressures to the growing role of artificial intelligence and the erosion of patient trust. Below, CEOs, CFOs, COOs and other…

Healthcare leaders have spent years focused on physician shortages, but today’s workforce challenges extend beyond recruitment alone. Across the industry, organizations are balancing growing patient volumes, provider turnover, service line expansion, financial pressures, and rising expectations around access to care.…

A group of Senate Democrats is raising new questions about HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s financial conflicts tied to Gardasil litigation against Merck. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Angela Alsobrooks, D-Md., sent a…