Category: Leadership & Management

Washington hospital fires 4 executives

Four people have been fired from their administrative positions at Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth Medical Center, according to the Whidbey News-Times.

Meet the COOs of the top 9 US News & World Report hospitals

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown unprecedented challenges at hospital COOs, from supply chain woes to the need for strategic changes. Below are brief biographies of the COOs at the hospitals that took the top nine spots in the U.S. News & World Report’…

Baptist Health CEO Michael Mayo’s advice to emerging leaders: Be a lifelong learner

Michael Mayo, president and CEO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health, shared his advice for people trying to grow as healthcare leaders during a recent episode of the Becker’s Healthcare podcast.

Lawmakers call on Biden to end public health emergency

More than 70 House Republican lawmakers have signed a letter calling for an end to the designation of COVID-19 as a public health emergency, NPR reported Feb. 14. 

Using an Innovative Approach to Address Critical Staffing Challenges in Operating Rooms

Reports from the front lines of hospital perioperative departments show a daily, ongoing crisis.

Viewpoint: 4 lessons America’s healthcare leaders need to learn

Throughout the pandemic, healthcare and science leaders have struggled to successfully communicate recommendations and guidance to the public. Richard Tofel, a visiting fellow at Boston-based Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, offers four lesson…

6 Black healthcare leaders share their role models

In honor of Black History Month, Becker’s asked Black healthcare leaders to share their role models and why they look up to them. 

Rebuilding the Nursing Talent Supply Chain — 4 insights

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Hospital CEO exits doubled in January

Twelve hospital CEOs exited their roles in January, double the number who stepped down from their positions in the same month a year earlier, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an executive outplacement and coaching firm. 

Medical staff target Washington hospital CEO, COO, attorney in no-confidence vote

Medical staff for Coupeville, Wash.-based WhidbeyHealth Medical Center took a no-confidence vote in CEO and CFO Ron Telles, COO Garth Miller, MD, and hospital attorney Jake Kempton, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.