Public Health

   HOWARD GRANT, MD, President and CEO, Lahey Health (Burlington)    skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “Despite the work we have done in Massachusetts, the cost of healthcare remains higher here than in any other state in the nation, and it impacts not…

Rome (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has named David W. Lundquist as its next president and CEO, effective March 1.

Gary Shorb, CEO of Memphis, Tenn.-based Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, will retire at the end of 2016.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare's most-recent financial results most captured the attention of Becker's Hospital Review finance readers this week.

   PAUL ROTHMAN, MD, Dean of the Medical Faculty, CEO, Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “I think of three core concerns in our market. The first: Getting the correct diagnosis. The second is getting rapid, effective and personalized…

 KRIS DOODY, CEO, Cary Medical Center (Caribou)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “Chronic disease; Maine has a large elderly population. Cary Medical Center’s county is tucked away in northern Maine. Chronic disease management, and the accompanying need for medication, can be difficult…

   WARNER THOMAS, President and CEO, Ochsner Health System (Jefferson)    skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “The most pressing concern is the management of chronic disease, which drives 80 percent of total healthcare costs. The healthcare system hasn’t been conditioned to manage this.…

 RUTH W. BRINKLEY, President and CEO, KentuckyOne Health (Louisville)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “Kentucky leads the nation in death from lung cancer, with mortality exceeding deaths from breast, colorectal, prostate and pancreatic cancer combined. The combination of high mortality from preventable…

 BOB PAGE, President and CEO, University of Kansas Hospital (Kansas City)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “In 15 years, we grew from 407 staffed beds to 746 staffed beds, an 83 percent increase. However, our inpatient discharge volume in the same period…

   DOUG CROPPER, President and CEO, Genesis Health System (Davenport)   skadjfoiasje ri;jaslkgjddlakdsssfsd “Thousands of patients served by Genesis Health System are among the 60 million Americans suffering from mental illness. Genesis has collaborated with other community healthcare organizations, along…