Category: Leadership & Management

Jill Biden tests positive in rebound COVID-19 case

First lady Jill Biden, EdD, has tested positive in a rebound COVID-19 case, CNN reported Aug. 24. 

4 ways leaders can spur bottom-up innovation

Traditional leadership hierarchies can stifle new ideas, according to an Aug. 23 Harvard Business Review article by Dr. Timothy Clark, CEO of Leaderfactor, a leadership consulting firm. 

Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, first CEO of Mercy, dies at 87

Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, founder of Chesterville, Mo.-based Mercy healthcare system and its first president and CEO, died at 87 on Aug. 23 after a long illness, according to the health system. 

Doing more with less: How AI unlocks scarce capacity in OR scheduling, inpatient bed management and infusion centers

Although health systems are struggling to meet increasing demands for healthcare with their fixed amounts of resources, a closer look reveals significant unused capacity throughout those systems. Sophisticated artificial intelligence (AI) solutions alr…

UVA Health System appoints new board chair

Charlottesville-based University of Virginia Health System named Babur Lateef, MD, chair of its health system board. 

How healthcare can avoid a female brain drain

Although life sciences companies are strong draws for female candidates, healthcare still risks losing top talent to tech, according to the “Women in Business 2022” report from accounting firm Grant Thornton. 

States seek hospital admitting privilege requirements to curb abortions

Led by Louisiana, states with strict anti-abortion laws are attempting to require physicians who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals, Bloomberg Law reported Aug. 23. 

Atrium Health plans to fight care inequities with mobile medicine

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health launched the first of four new mobile medicine units Aug. 22, according to a post on the website of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers.

5 hospitals seeking CEOs

Below are five hospitals that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

Women becoming CFOs in record numbers

The year 2021 saw a record number of Fortune 500 and S&P 500 companies with female CFOs at 15 percent, Fortune reported Aug. 22.