In this episode, Matt Timmons, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Manning Family Children’s, shares how the organization rebuilt its pediatric heart center through focused leadership, culture change, and physician recruitment. He also discusses 2026 priorities including campus…
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After exiting the World Health Organization in January, the Trump administration is proposing to spend $2 billion annually on a U.S.-run replacement, The Washington Post reported Feb. 19. The effort would replicate systems provided by the WHO, including laboratories, rapid-response…
The American Hospital Association is suggesting that hospitals and health systems consider deploying “zero trust” architecture to improve their cybersecurity. The National Security Agency recently released implementation guidelines for zero trust, a strategy that assumes no users or devices are…
Jason Caron, MD, has stepped into his role as president and CEO of Sanford Health in Bemidji (Minn.). “After more than 20 years in this hospital, one thing remains clear: rural health care works best when the community and the…
New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi | North Central Bronx unveiled a new $2 million MRI suite at its North Central Bronx campus. The upgrade includes renovated rooms and new MRI machines, which the system said offer faster scan…
Walgreens is laying off more than 600 employees in two states as it continues reshaping operations under private equity ownership, Bloomberg reported Feb. 19. The company will reduce its Illinois workforce by 469 roles and eliminate 159 jobs in Texas…
In this episode, Sophia G. Holder, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, joins the podcast to discuss workforce optimization and the need to modernize operating models across healthcare organizations. She shares how aligning strategy,…
In this episode, Ije Akunyili, MD, MBA, MPA, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer at Jersey City Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, joins the podcast to discuss building a mortality and safety council, advancing women’s health initiatives, and expanding partnerships to…
The Lown Institute Hospitals Index named the top 10 hospitals for cost efficiency. The institute used clinical outcomes and cost Medicare fee-for-service claims for patients hospitalized from 2020 to 2022. The cost efficiency metric includes sub-metrics for 30- and 90-day…
NYC Health + Hospitals has appointed Svetlana Lipyanskaya as the next CEO of Maimonides Health, pending formal approval of the partnership between the two New York City-based health systems. Ms. Lipyanskaya has served as CEO of NYC Health + Hospitals/South…