Category: Leadership & Management

California plan to invest $4.7B in children’s mental health

California plans to invest $4.7 billion to increase access to mental health and substance use services for individuals 25 and younger.

14 women making moves in healthcare

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since Aug. 12.

‘It is physicians in the room with the patient, not lawmakers’: Medical groups oppose Idaho abortion law

Ten medical organizations have come out in support of the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Idaho that opposes the state’s near-total abortion ban.

Dr. Raymond Damadian, inventor of the first MRI scanner, dies at 86

Raymond Damadian, MD, who built the first MRI scanner more than forty years ago, died Aug. 3, The New York Times reported Aug. 17. He was 86. 

Scripps Health welcomes 3 members to board

Two attorneys and one retired U.S. district judge have been elected to Scripps Health’s 17-member board of trustees.

28 women who made hospital CEO in 2022

The following moves by women to a hospital or health system CEO role have been reported by or shared with Becker’s this year:

10 leadership tips for uncertain times

Amid decreased employee motivation and mounting global and local stressors, healthcare leaders should focus on actions, not just words, to keep their workers inspired, according to an Aug. 17 Harvard Business Review article. 

Majority of CEOs prep for ‘brief and shallow’ recession

Nonprofit research group the Conference Board released its “Measure of CEO Confidence” report for the third quarter of the year, revealing that 81 percent of CEOs who were surveyed are expecting “a brief and shallow recession, with limited global spill…

Washington hospital seeks CEO, board candidates

Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth is looking for candidates as it seeks to fill board and CEO positions, the South Whidbey Record reported Aug. 16.

Seton nurses call for hospital finance probe in wake of no-confidence vote in administrator

Members of the California Nurses Association at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif., said they have taken a vote of no confidence in their hospital administrator, Sarkis Vartanian, BSN.