As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters. Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…
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Pharmacy leaders face constant pressure to control labor costs. Staffing spend is highly visible, closely scrutinized, and often the first target during budget reviews. When budgets tighten, external staffing rates and contract spend are easy numbers to question. But focusing…
Specialty therapies continue to transform treatment across oncology, diabetes, rare disease, and other complex disease states. From 2020 to 2025, specialty medications accounted for 75% of new drug approvals. However, developing new therapies doesn’t immediately translate into patients receiving them…
As AI moves deeper into hospital operations, health system COOs and strategy leaders say their roles are shifting from gathering information and overseeing workflows to coaching teams, building governance and deciding where the technology belongs. Many are using AI to…
As health systems look for ways to expand access without adding proportional labor and infrastructure, COOs and strategic leaders say the next year’s biggest partnership opportunities will center on workforce, post-acute care and technology. Several point to joint ventures that…
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For years, the instinct in healthcare leadership was to equate bigger with better: more beds, more service lines, more volume, more capabilities built and owned in-house. Becker’s asked CEOs, CFOs, and clinical and supply chain leaders from hospitals, health systems…
Ric Ransom, CEO of Columbia, Mo.-based MU Health Care, believes that culture should be judged by how people act when senior leadership is not in the room. In a Sept. 29 LinkedIn post, Mr. Ransom said the word “culture” is…
When I previously led AI at a health system, doctors and coding and clinical documentation integrity (CDI) teams frequently disagreed. Physicians felt the record didn’t capture how sick their patients were. CDI and coding teams pointed out that they could…
It takes a lot to slow Anthony Hilliard, MD. At least physically. Three years ago, Dr. Hilliard, president of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health and CEO of Loma Linda University Health Hospitals, was in a skiing accident that “literally snapped…
As I prepare to retire as president and CEO of Lee Health, I’ve spent a great deal of time reflecting on what leadership means — and what responsibility a leader has when it is time to step away. I’ve come…