Category: Leadership & Management

Mercy uses surveys to combat burnout

St. Louis-based Mercy health system used surveys to identify and address causes of burnout, according to an Aug. 31 article from the American Medical Association. 

Mayo Clinic releases book of leadership lessons

Mayo Clinic Press has published a book detailing strategies on effective leadership. 

8 hospitals seeking CEOs

Here are eight hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

‘Healthcare is increasingly a fact-free zone for politicians’

The majority of Americans see healthcare costs as very important to their vote in the midterm elections, which are roughly two months away. Yet healthcare is becoming more of a black box to ballot-casters and political candidates, healthcare policy ana…

17 women on the move in healthcare

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since Aug. 26.

Federal commission spotlights gender disparities in STEM: 6 takeaways

Women are outnumbered and underpaid in government science, technology, engineering and math jobs, a federal report found. 

Companies with female CEOs use different words to describe them, study finds

Companies with female CEOs often speak about women differently, a recent study found. 

Unmarried women have less retirement confidence: study

Unmarried women workers and retirees have lower incomes and assets, and thus less retirement confidence, than their married counterparts, a new study found. 

How hiring tech talent from non-tech backgrounds can be an advantage

Hiring tech workers who started in non-tech roles is more common than many realize. It can also ease hiring in an elusive, rapidly changing industry, according to an Aug. 31 article from the McKinsey Global Institute. 

‘It’s about how we rebuild our workforce’: Lou Baverso on guiding UPMC’s growth

Lou Baverso has had a front-row seat to growth that has occurred since Pittsburgh-based UPMC acquired Harrisburg, Pa.-based PinnacleHealth System in 2017. Five years later, as he takes the helm of UPMC’s Central Pennsylvania region, he said he is …