Category: Leadership & Management

Several women in recent months became the first woman or woman of color to hold various executive roles at their respective organizations. 

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

The Joint Commission has named Haytham Kaafarani, MD, as its new chief patient safety officer and medical director. He will begin his new role Sept. 6. 

Annual awards program honors LeanTaaS’s iQueue product suite as an outstanding health and medical technology product

Some Black and Latino patients hold perceptions of the healthcare system as being indifferent to their needs, with some feeling discriminated against by providers due to their race, according to a May 4 McKinsey report. 

Mary Klotman, MD, dean of the Duke School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., is under consideration as the next director of the National Institutes of Health, The Washington Post reported May 4, citing three people with knowledge of the selection.

National Hospital Week — which aims to recognize and celebrate hospitals, health systems and the people who work at them — begins May 8 and runs through May 14. 

The Joint Commission and Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente are accepting applications for the second annual healthcare equity award in memory of Bernard J. Tyson, Kaiser’s late chair and CEO. 

CVS Health May 3 named Sree Chaguturu, MD, executive vice president and chief medical officer and Sheryl Burke as the company’s senior vice president of corporate social responsibility.

Hospital CEOs have faced many changes and challenges during the pandemic, from staffing shortages to digital transformations.