New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health began 2023 with a low, but positive operating margin, but labor costs are expected to increase again this year on the back of recent union activity in the state.
Category: Leadership & Management
Corner Office: Why Hackensack Meridian's CEO appreciates 'Jersey straight talk' from leaders
Robert Garrett serves as CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, an 18-hospital health system based in Edison, N.J.
Hospital COOs must 'go beyond what they've always done' to recruit employees, 1 leader says
According to one COO, the challenge of recruiting and retaining hospital employees goes beyond the emergency room and other clinical areas buckling under the current nursing shortage.
Which Florida hospitals kept, cut transgender care for minors ahead of state ban
In November, Florida medical boards passed a ban prohibiting physicians from providing gender-affirming care to patients under 18. The rule has not gone into effect yet, but some hospitals are already cutting services, the Tampa Bay Times reported Feb….
Scripps CEO retires as reserve assistant sheriff
Chris Van Gorder, president and CEO of Scripps Health, has honorably retired from his volunteer role as reserve assistant sheriff with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, according to a Feb. 16 news release shared with Becker’s.
Simplification is how healthcare can get out of crisis mode, says Intermountain CEO
Rob Allen began serving as president and CEO of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health Dec. 1, and he brought his previous experience with the 33-hospital organization to the role.
'Worst may be yet to come' for rural hospitals, Dartmouth CEO says
Though the pandemic’s most imminent threats have waned, heightened patient volumes, workforce shortages, inflation and supply chain disruptions are still urgent issues for hospitals — and these challenges are even more significant for rural facilities,…
Baltimore hospital receives presidential award for its care of human trafficking victims
Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore received a presidential award for its Blue Dot Human Trafficking Initiative.
From architect to 'chief business innovation officer': How St. Jude's newest exec is reimagining the business of healthcare
“Chief business innovation officer” isn’t a title you hear every day. But Catherine Corbin — who is pioneering the role at Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital — is an architect by trade. She’s used to building things from t…
Most board members at the nation's top hospitals have no healthcare background: Study
Less than 15 percent of board members overseeing the nation’s top hospitals have a professional background in healthcare, while more than half have a background in finance or business services, according to a study published Feb. 8 in the Journal of Ge…
