Ten women under 30 years old in healthcare made the annual Forbes “30 Under 30” list honoring young professionals focused on “saving lives and creating a more equitable future.” Here’s a look at five of them.
Category: Leadership & Management
Fired MetroHealth CEO factored SDOH work into own bonuses, records show
Records released in November allege that Akram Boutros, MD, who was fired as president and CEO of Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, factored social justice initiatives into the metrics he established to authorize payment to himself of more than $1.9 …
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed 1 month ago. Here’s why Grady’s chief medical officer is ‘cautiously optimistic.’
Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center shuttered Nov. 1. In the month that followed, Grady Memorial Hospital — now the only level 1 trauma center in the city — assumed a portion of AMC’s patient load and made adjustments to its staff and facilities to accommo…
All for one and one for all: Creating culture alignment after a merger
At a time when many healthcare organizations are in flux, physicians are becoming rapidly and increasingly employed by corporate entities.
‘Gaslighting’ is 2022’s word of the year. Healthcare is not immune to its flame.
“Gaslighting” was Merriam-Webster’s word of the year in 2022, the dictionary announced Nov. 28. As “gaslighting” has become more pervasive in the English language, it has gained associations with the medical field — albeit less obvious ones than last y…
Florida hospital board begins new session by agreeing to review COVID-19 protocols
The board for one of Florida’s largest public health systems plans to investigate Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported Nov. 30.
Corner Office: How UPMC is innovating staff retention
Leslie Davis has spent more than a year as president and CEO of Pittsburgh-based UPMC. Ms. Davis took the helm of the 40-hospital global health system in August 2021, succeeding Jeffrey Romoff, who had a 48-year tenure with the organization.
UC Berkeley ‘conflict lab’ trains leaders to clash with grace
The University of California Berkeley’s business school is launching a course to help students get comfortable with uncomfortable conversations. Its creators call it the “conflict lab,” The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 28.
Dr. Stephen Mansfield, former CEO of Methodist Health System, named dean of Texas business school
Stephen Mansfield, PhD, former president and CEO of Dallas-based Methodist Health System, was appointed as the new dean of the Dallas Baptist University College of Business.
Tennessee county officials vote to fire Blount Memorial Hospital board members
In an often heated meeting lasting almost three hours, Eastern Tennessee’s Blount County board of commissioners on Nov. 29 voted to remove the entire board of the troubled Blount Memorial Hospital.
