Leadership

Erica Schwartz, MD, was confirmed by the Senate as the next CDC director Aug. 5 in a 51-43 vote, which split almost entirely across party lines. The move makes her the agency’s first permanent director in nearly a year.  Every…

Across the country, health systems continue to invest in operating rooms while surgeons still hear the same message: there isn’t enough OR time. Yet when organizations take a closer look, the story is often more complicated. The challenge is not…

Every healthcare leader is placing a bet on where the industry goes next. For some, that bet is on AI becoming an intelligence layer that helps clinicians make faster, better-informed decisions. For others, it’s a shift toward outpatient and value-based…

Every healthcare organization has habits it has never questioned, whether that’s measuring success by volume instead of outcomes, assuming ambulatory care and health systems can’t coexist, or clinging to “this is how we’ve always done it.” The leaders willing to…

Laura Kaiser, president and CEO of SSM Health in St. Louis, has been elected chair-elect designate of the American Hospital Association, according to a July 12 AHA news release. Ms. Kaiser will serve as chair-elect in 2027 and become AHA…

Most hospitals have invested heavily in visibility — dashboards, daily huddle reports and capacity snapshots — yet boarded emergency department patients, delayed discharges and capacity bottlenecks remain familiar. The problem is often the gap between what the data shows and…

The second half of 2026 opens with health system leaders facing a split mandate. Policy-driven financial headwinds like Medicaid cuts, Medicare Advantage payment disputes and federal research funding uncertainty are arriving at the same moment many organizations have committed to…

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health has named Barry Large as chair of its Board of Trustees, effective July 1, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Large succeeds Sheila Boyington, who is stepping down after nine years as chair.…

Some CEOs may come and go. But David Cordani, the outgoing CEO of The Cigna Group, has been with the company for around 35 years, becoming president in 2008 and CEO in 2009. Mr. Cordani departs his role July 1…

Burnout in healthcare cannot be solved by adding another meeting to the calendar of already overextended leaders. Real change happens when people have skin in the game and are invited to help fund, shape and sponsor the work. In 2023,…