Category: Leadership & Management

Reading between the lines when CEOs abruptly ‘step down’

Ambiguous language around CEO departures can obscure the circumstances or drivers of their exits. Researchers are trying to find correlations that get the real story. 

Landmark bill’s cost-reduction efforts draw praise from healthcare groups

Groups across the healthcare industry had overall favorable reactions to a sweeping $739 billion bill passed by Senate Democrats on Aug. 7 that touches healthcare, energy and tax reform.

4 hospitals seeking CEOs

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

4 health systems on Seramount’s list of top companies for executive women

Four health systems made Seramount’s 2022 list of the top 75 companies for executive women.

Corner Office: How meeting a stranger helped lead Anita Jenkins to the Howard University Hospital CEO role

An encounter with a stranger played a key role in the beginning of the road that led Anita Jenkins to the CEO role at Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

8 women making moves in healthcare

The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since July 29. 

Nursing philanthropist Donald Jonas dies at 92

Donald Jonas, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who donated millions of dollars to nursing education, died July 23 at age 92, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Hospital skeptics vie for Florida health system board seats

Board seats for one of Florida’s largest public health systems make for one more example of how once-obscure offices can become political battlegrounds, The Washington Post reports.

As recession risk looms, some CEOs adopt tougher talk

Amid the potential for an economic downturn, CEOs across the U.S. are becoming more hard-line with their discussions and actions compared to the warmer tone they may have used earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 3.&n…

American Hospital Association elects 6 trustees to the board

The American Hospital Association elected six new members to its Board of Trustees, according to an Aug. 2 press release from the organization.