The Joint Commission, the largest accrediting agency in the United States, has announced a revision to its accrediting requirements, allowing organizations to go from a bi-annual to a tri-annual credentialing appointment process.
Category: Leadership & Management
Look alive as hospitals close and cut services, lawmakers urge HHS
Hospital closures, service reductions, mergers and acquisitions are creating a bed shortage and impeding patients’ access to timely care, a group of Massachusetts lawmakers contend in a letter to HHS that requests information from the agency on its par…
University Hospitals CEO wants to tap into staff's inner bookworm
Cliff Megerian, MD, CEO of Cleveland-based University Hospitals, launched a book club for employees that had its first in-person meeting this month.
Midwest health systems brace for winter storm
Hospitals and health systems in the Midwest are closely monitoring a winter storm, which is expected to produce a blizzard and has resulted in weather warnings across the region. The storm comes as Americans have made holiday travel plans.
Skepticism now starts at the top in one Florida hospital
Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital is undergoing significant changes to its governance with the election of three trustees who operate under the ideology of “medical freedom” and exercise skepticism about hospitals, clinicians and COVID-19 vaccines and …
Multi-cancer early detection tests have the potential to improve patient outcomes in an equitable way
Single cancer early detection tests exist today for four common cancers.* Generally speaking, early detection works, meaning that these screening tests can save lives and reduce cancer deaths. However, most cancers currently go undetected in their earl…
How physician leadership has evolved and where it's headed
John A. Brennan, MD, serves as president and CEO of Dallas-based Children’s Health & UT Southwestern Joint Pediatric Enterprise.
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center's final year: A timeline
When Atlanta Medical Center shuttered, it was the closure heard cross-country.
4 leadership tips for tough questions
Leaders at companies across industries must face tough questions. And healthcare is no exception as the industry has grappled with workforce challenges and difficult financial circumstances, forcing some hospitals and health systems to cut jobs or serv…
Viewpoint: President of hospital where nurse called 911 is changing his tone
Chad Melton, the president of Silverdale, Wash.-based St. Michael Medical Center, was fairly quiet when the hospital began showing signs of crisis this fall — a nurse calling 911, a preliminary denial of accreditation — but now, “he seems to be hitting…
