Category: Leadership & Management

‘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 …

Sutter Health executive named to Biden’s infrastructure advisory council

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. 

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…