Two senior leaders at NYC Health + Hospitals have been named to a prestigious list highlighting the achievements of Asian American professionals.
Category: Leadership & Management
Nurses care for all of us. The least we can do is return the favor
Nurses, the heart and soul of American healthcare, are leaving the profession at an alarming pace. A recent University of Michigan study puts this long-building exodus in a new light: 39 percent of state-licensed nurses in Michigan told researchers the…
Productive outrage: An essential leadership quality to create health equity
At the beginning of my career, I was a newly minted CEO of a struggling hospital in the U.S. Virgin Islands when a young man arrived in the emergency department with a severe gunshot wound. To survive, he needed a blood transfusion – fast. But we were …
Controversial board chair resigns from California health system
Farid Assemi, the board chair of Fresno, Calif.-based Community Health System, has resigned amid sustained concerns about potential conflicts of interest, the Fresno Bee reported May 2.
Leadership concerns spur exodus from Mississippi Hospital Association
Several hospitals are departing the Mississippi Hospital Association, citing concerns with the association’s leadership, Mississippi Today reported May 2.
Jefferson CEO says executive 'should have known better' in Twitter use
The leadership team of Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University is responding to a report about one executive’s use of Twitter, which involved “liking” tweets about COVID-19 vaccines and gender reassignment surgery.
Next Emory CEO: Listening, communicating the 'why' crucial for system engagement
On July 1, Joon Sup Lee, MD, will begin serving as CEO of Emory Healthcare, an 11-hospital system headquartered in Atlanta.
Members press National Academies on Sackler donations
Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine are looking to the organization for answers on why it accepted millions of dollars in donations from the Sackler family — which owns Purdue Pharma — while also advising the federal…
Women CEOs now outnumber those named John at big companies
Among CEOs, women finally outnumber their counterparts with the first name John among S&P 500 companies — progress in what is a memorable measurement of gender representation that stems from a 2015 New York Times article.
Avera hospital CEO dies at 56
Mikel Holland, MD, regional president and CEO of Pierre, S.D.-based Avera St. Mary’s Hospital, died April 23 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., according to his obituary. He was 56.
