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Georgia hospital moves 202 patients to new facility in 1 day: 4 notes
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta “made history” by moving 202 patients in under 12 hours in one of the largest single-day pediatric hospital moves in the country, it said in a Sept. 29 news release.
78 executives reveal key role shifts
Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their team’s evolving roles and skills.
Hospital closures, cybersecurity breach push HSHS operating loss to $385.7M
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System reported an operating loss of $385.7 million (-13.8% margin) in fiscal year 2024, compared to an operating loss of $93.5 million (-3.2% margin) in 2023, according to its Sept. 28 financial re…
10 vital skills to future-proof healthcare leaders
The most successful healthcare leaders in the next two years will leave the traditional organizational structures and models in the past in favor of extreme nimbleness, stronger soft skills and optimization of digital technology.
Beth Israel Lahey Health to lay off workers
Beth Israel Lahey Health is eliminating jobs as it navigates rising costs, a spokesperson for the Cambridge, Mass.-based system confirmed to Becker’s Sept. 28.
Health system C-suites may shrink further
Health system margins have dropped for the last four months, leading to layoffs, job cuts and reorganizations.
Hospital C-suites ditch certain leadership traits
Health systems have traditionally promoted leaders with strong core competencies and deep expertise in specific areas. The best clinician, the smartest technologist, and the most proficient numbers analyst would rise to the top of their respective depa…
Steward CEO resigns
Steward Health Care Chairman and CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, has “amicably separated” from the system, effective Oct. 1, a Steward spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.
Drugmaker, 2 executives to pay $40M to settle misleading claims allegations
Biopharmaceutical company Cassava Sciences, along with founder Remi Barbier and former Senior Vice President of Neuroscience Lindsay Burns, PhD, will pay more than $40 million to settle allegations related to misleading claims about a clinical trial fo…
Sentara cuts 200 positions, cites Medicaid redeterminations
Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is cutting about 200 positions, with a majority of the cuts coming from its health plan division.
