Records released in November allege that Akram Boutros, MD, who was fired as president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, factored social justice initiatives into the metrics he established to authorize payment to himself of more than $1.9 …
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center shuttered Nov. 1. In the month that followed, Grady Memorial Hospital — now the only level 1 trauma center in the city — assumed a portion of AMC’s patient load and made adjustments to its staff and facilities to accommo…
At a time when many healthcare organizations are in flux, physicians are becoming rapidly and increasingly employed by corporate entities.
“Gaslighting” was Merriam-Webster’s word of the year in 2022, the dictionary announced Nov. 28. As “gaslighting” has become more pervasive in the English language, it has gained associations with the medical field — albeit less obvious ones than last y…
The board for one of Florida’s largest public health systems plans to investigate Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Nov. 30.
Leslie Davis has spent more than a year as president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Ms. Davis took the helm of the 40-hospital global health system in August 2021, succeeding Jeffrey Romoff, who had a 48-year tenure with the organization.
The University of California Berkeley’s business school is launching a course to help students get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations. Its creators call it the “conflict lab,” The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 28.
Stephen Mansfield, PhD, former president and CEO of Dallas-based Methodist Health System, was appointed as the new dean of the Dallas Baptist University College of Business.
In an often heated meeting lasting almost three hours, Eastern Tennessee’s Blount County board of commissioners on Nov. 29 voted to remove the entire board of the troubled Blount Memorial Hospital.
Cleveland Clinic now has five new in-country representatives to assist patients worldwide with their care journey, including help with questions and appointment scheduling.
