Most people wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to film their colonoscopy, but Georges Leconte, CEO of New York City-based NYC Health + Hospitals/Harlem, is an exception.
Category: Leadership & Management
Healthcare is a 'team sport;' leaders must be in it to win it, says 1 Missouri hospital leader
When you watch a game on television, it may look like the coaches are pacing up and down the field — on the sidelines. However, the coach is always the point person — the one players are looking to for advice and ultimate decisive action.
'Hire for attitude, train for skills,' says 1 COO on taking hospital teams to the next level
If you’ve made your way to the C-suite in a hospital, it might be easy to think you simply need to focus on being the best leader you can be right now. And, while that’s certainly true, effective leadership requires a willingness to keep learning and g…
MetroHealth names new board chair
The board of trustees for Cleveland-based MetroHealth System has a new chairman four months after welcoming a new CEO and recovering from an alleged scandal involving its former chief executive.
Stay nimble and surround yourself with talent: The pandemic lessons that stuck with CEOs 3 years later
It’s been three years since COVID-19 crept across the U.S., with the World Health Organization declaring the virus outbreak a pandemic in March 2020. Though the early days of the pandemic are over, hospital and health system CEOs told Becker’s there ar…
18 healthcare CEOs among world's most influential
Eighteen U.S. CEOs helming healthcare, health insurance and pharmaceutical companies were named among the 200 most influential CEOs in the world, according to CEOWorld Magazine.
AHA: 12 ways Congress can support the healthcare workforce
As the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions begins to develop bipartisan legislation to curb the healthcare workforce crisis, the American Hospital Association is urging it to take precise measures to sustainably address the “natio…
Bill Gates: 'We need a fire department for pandemics'
Governments around the world could stand to learn a thing or two from firefighters when it comes to preparing for infectious disease outbreaks, Bill Gates wrote in an op-ed published March 19 in The New York Times.
COVID-19 politics trouble Florida public hospital
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital continues to face political pressure regarding its COVID-19 policies and treatment protocols, despite a recently published internal review that concluded the hospital saw stronger outcomes among COVID-19 patients than …
A different perspective on US News rankings — what do students think?
I am sure many of you are watching with curiosity the furor in the press over academic institutions, specifically law schools and medical schools, exiting the rankings by U.S. News & World Report. Recent news articles and commentaries have provided var…
