Category: Leadership & Management

UCSF professor named top JAMA editor

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, was named editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association and JAMA Network, the American Medical Association said in an April 11 news release.

Biotech pioneer Dr. Arthur Riggs dies at 82

Arthur Riggs, PhD, a pioneering biochemist whose work led to the development of artificial insulin and monoclonal antibodies, died March 23 at age 81, according to The New York Times.

9 hospitals seeking CEOs

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

Minnesota health system CEO’s advice: Help employees feel they’re connected

James Hereford has helmed Fairview Health Services in Minneapolis throughout the pandemic and has had a front-row seat to the fluid circumstances of the last two years. In the wake of the challenges COVID-19 has created, he said he is more focused than…

5 items in President Biden’s 2023 budget that support global health

The White House used World Health Day – April 7 – to highlight key points in the 2023 budget that support global health, like funding the U.S. Agency for International Development and the CDC to build global partnerships targeting health. 

Women cite domestic duties as reason for missed promotions in healthcare: Study

In healthcare, women are twice as likely as men to cite parenthood and increased home responsibilities as reasons for missing out on promotion opportunities, according to an April 8 McKinsey report.

8 women making moves in healthcare

The following executive moves made by or involving women have been reported by or shared with Becker’s since April 1. 

3 executives out at Mississippi hospital

Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.) has laid off two executives, demoted five leaders and chosen not to renew its CFO’s contract. 

Intermountain CEO says innovation is key to keeping medical prices down

Even though mergers can sometimes spell rising prices, Intermountain’s CEO Marc Harrison, MD, sees virtual care and innovation as strategies to lower healthcare costs, according to an April 6 Colorado Sun article. 

If you could get a mulligan back to January 2020, what would you do differently?

It’s hard to predict how to best respond to a crisis.