Leadership & Management

As executive director of logistics, capacity and patient throughput at Sarasota Memorial Health Care System (SMHCS), I’m privileged to have been part of a major AI-enabled transformation in patient flow over the last several years. This work has yielded impressive…

Tremendous opportunities exist to leverage AI to improve healthcare and solve major challenges, in areas such as patient engagement, brand differentiation, revenue optimization and more. It’s important to remember, however, that because healthcare organizations have such incredibly high standards for…

President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget slashes funding for the National Institutes of Health by $18 billion to $27.5 billion as part of a sweeping overhaul to realign federal healthcare spending.  The NIH received $46.4 billion in program level…

Matthew Tsuei, MD, FACS, is a general surgeon and president of Central Carolina Surgery in Greensboro, North Carolina. As a former chair of Cone Health’s surgical governance committee, Dr. Tsuei played a leading role in driving changes to operating room…

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…

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…

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…