Category: Leadership & Management

Hospital CEOs’ No. 1 concern is staffing for 1st time in 17 years

Hospital CEOs ranked personnel shortages as their No. 1 concern in 2021. Financial challenges, which consistently held the top spot since 2004, were listed the second-most pressing concern in the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey…

Atlantic Health System welcomes new chief marketing officer

Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System has announced Eric Steinberger as its new chief marketing officer. 

New Saint Vincent Hospital CNO strives for fresh start after nearly 10-month strike

The new chief nursing officer of Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., is taking a “clean slate” approach in the wake of a strike that lasted more than 300 days and became the longest nurses strike in Massachusetts history, according to the …

White House joins Spotify COVID-19 misinformation debate 

The White House has chimed in on the controversy surrounding misinformation online as hundreds of healthcare experts wrote Spotify to ask it to take action regarding COVID-19 disinformation on the platform, The Washington Post reported Feb. 2. 

5 healthcare giants among Fortune’s most admired companies

Big tech companies Apple, Amazon and Microsoft dominated the 2022 “World Most Admired Companies” list released by Fortune on Feb. 2, but five healthcare companies cracked the top 50 spots.

Oregon hospital earns AHA rural leadership award

Klamath Falls, Ore.-based Sky Lakes Medical Center has been named the 2021 recipient of the Rural Hospital Leadership Award, the American Hospital Association announced Jan. 31. 

Missouri governor knocks state Senate after refusal to confirm top health official 

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson scolded the state Senate after some members refused to approve Missouri’s appointed director of health and senior services amid refuted claims that the appointee supported mandatory vaccinations in the state.

California’s 1st surgeon general resigns

Nadine Burke Harris, MD, California’s first surgeon general, has resigned, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Hospitals’ ivory tower problem

Most leaders spent time in the trenches at some point in their career. When they gradually move into ivory towers shielded from the pain points, dynamics and ideas pulsing throughout their organization, they rarely realize it — and that’s what makes it…

What makes a hospital a ‘best place to work’? 3 hospital leaders weigh in

Amid the pandemic and nationwide staffing shortages, workplace culture and strong leadership have never been more important for hospitals when it comes to recruiting and retaining employees.