Category: Leadership & Management

Talk is cheap, the Yakima Herald-Republic’s editorial board wrote in a Jan. 20 opinion article, and MultiCare is not the first healthcare company to enter Washington’s Yakima Valley with “big promises of better services.” 

A new digital community is booting up and aims to be a launching pad for women in the healthcare industry. 

At least five health systems announced changes to executive ranks since Dec. 1. 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office has sent a memo to state universities requiring them to report how many patients they have provided gender-affirming care to in the past five years, PBS-affiliate WUFT reported Jan. 19. 

Cedars-Sinai has named Michael Farkouh, MD, associate dean of research and clinical trials, the health system said in a Jan. 18 news release. His appointment is effective March 1.

Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) introduced legislation Jan. 17 to end the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Clinical leaders across the country know employee burnout, medication shortages and respiratory infections, among a wealth of other challenges, have created the not-so-perfect storm in hospitals. 

Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital is kicking off Elevate, its new mentorship and scholar program for junior faculty members with leadership potential. 

Boston-based Harvard Medical School has withdrawn from U.S. News and World Report’s rankings and will no longer submit information to the publication, The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. 17. 

Joey Jacobs, former CEO of Brentwood, Tenn.-based Quorum Health, died Jan. 14 at age 69, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals CEO A.J. Kazimi confirmed to the Nashville Business Journal.