Leadership

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,…

Brain disorders affect more than 3 billion people worldwide. In the U.S. alone, nearly 5% of all newborns will have autism, intellectual disability, behavioral problems or epilepsy. On the other end of the lifespan, more than 55 million people around…

Every hospital leader knows the Monday morning picture: the emergency department is full, patients are boarding for hours, transfer requests are waiting, and discharges that should happen in the morning are still incomplete by mid-afternoon. Environmental services may not know…

Plano, Texas-based Kaye/Bassman International merged its ambulatory surgery center and surgical hospital recruiting practice with its hospital and nursing leadership division, the firm announced Feb. 6. Managing Partner Drew Wyatt, who leads hospital and nursing leadership recruiting, will align with…

As talk around technology and AI in healthcare continues to fill the minds of many leaders, Juan Guzman, vice president and COO of Wellstar MCG Health in Augusta, Ga., is focused on two forces he said will define the industry’s…

The operating room has always demanded precision — and now that same precision is being applied to the workforce that makes surgical care possible. Across the country, perioperative leaders are moving away from static, fixed staffing models toward dynamic, data-driven…

The conversation around AI in healthcare is moving fast — but not evenly. A growing segment of utilization management and revenue cycle leaders has already moved past the adoption question, into harder territory: how to scale what’s working, prove its…

CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz is revamping leadership roles at the agency, a spokesperson told Bloomberg May 23.  Rebekah Armstrong has been named CMS’ new chief of staff, according to the report. She most recently led the agency’s Office of Legislation.…

When Congress packaged $50 billion for rural healthcare inside HR 1, it offered a number large enough to generate headlines and excitement. But the distribution of funds, planned over five years, has raised questions. The Rural Health Transformation Program arrived…

Amid mounting financial pressures, workforce shortages and rapid technological change, healthcare leaders are turning their attention toward building the next generation of leadership now, not later.  “There’s going to be a lot of change no matter what,” Greg Damron, CFO…