President Biden has appointed 26 industry and government leaders to his national infrastructure advisory council. Conrad Vial, MD, chief clinical officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, is among them.
Category: Leadership & Management
Missouri hospital board faces pushback over transparency amid leadership shakeup
On Aug. 30, the Memphis, Mo.-based Scotland County Hospital board held its first monthly meeting since abruptly replacing its CEO, CFO and COO on Aug. 17. So many people attended that it was standing-room only, ABC and CBS affiliate KTVO reported.
Oswego Health CEO names new leadership
Michael Backus, incoming CEO of Oswego (N.Y.) Health, has named two new executive vice presidents, two senior vice presidents, four vice presidents, a chief people officer and a vice president and administrator for Oswego Health Home Care. Also joining…
Tampa General Hospital chief nursing officer appointed to Florida Center for Nursing Board of Directors
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has named Annmarie Chavarria, DNP, RN, chief nursing officer of Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital, a new member of the Florida Center for Nursing’s board of directors.
Health systems shrink executive teams as costs rise
Hospitals and health systems are facing financial challenges with many reporting rising expenses and significant investment losses this year.
Embracing AI, the new frontier in healthcare: a conversation with Novant Health’s EVP & CMSO, Eric Eskioğlu, MD, MBA and LeanTaaS’ CEO Mohan Giridharadas
Recently, LeanTaaS’ founder and Chief Executive Officer Mohan Giridharadas and Eric Eskioğlu, MD, MBA, Neurosurgeon, Executive Vice President, Chief Medical & Scientific Officer and Co-Director, Institute of Innovation and Artificial Intelligence, Nova…
California attorney general probes hospital CEOs about racial bias in algorithms
California is investigating whether software that helps health systems carry out tasks such as patient diagnostics discriminates against racial and ethnic minorities.
Kansas hospital CEO 2 months into administrative leave
Ben Quinton, CEO of William Newton Hospital, a critical access hospital in Winfield, Kan., remains on paid administrative leave two months after the leave initially began, the hospital confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s Aug. 30.
TidalHealth Nanticoke CMO dies at 53
Seaford, De.-based TidalHealth Nanticoke chief medical officer Harry Anthony, MD, died on Aug. 27 while on vacation with his family. He was 53.
Stanford Medicine forms new committee amid shifting abortion legal landscape
Stanford (Calif.) Medicine said it has a new committee to address medical, equity, safety, legal and other concerns arising from the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
