Joseph McTernan, CEO of Warsaw, N.Y.-based Wyoming County Community Health System, died Jan. 24 at age 44, according to The Buffalo News.
Category: Leadership & Management
Dr. Walensky: Overhauling U.S. healthcare system ‘too big for the CDC alone’
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, said the U.S. needs to rethink its approach to public health and that the CDC alone cannot fix the system, Politico reported Jan. 21.
John Ferguson Jr., leader of Georgia hospital for 4 decades, dies
John Ferguson Jr., former president and CEO of Gainesville-based Northeast Georgia Health System, died Jan. 23 at age 82, The Gainesville Times reported.
8 hospitals seeking CEOs
Below are eight hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking CEOs during the past week.
Dr. Ashish Jha: The problem with quasi-experts
How does one identify a quasi-expert — the intelligent, highly educated and degree-holding opinionators among us, who may stray from their area of expertise?
Viewpoint: Let’s get rejected together
Professional rejection isn’t a typical experience to share or celebrate, but doing so can actually serve as motivation, according to a Jan. 21 piece in The Atlantic.
Cedars-Sinai’s COO: Leading staff from ‘traumatized’ to a post-pandemic comeback
Jeffrey Smith, MD, executive vice president of hospital operations and COO for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, is placing the wellness of his staff and physicians at the top of his 2022 agenda. “We’re all kind of traumatized,” he told Becke…
Dr. Rod Hochman: 10 healthcare trends to watch in the year ahead
As the world enters year three of the pandemic, Rod Hochman, MD, president and CEO of Providence, today released his annual list of health care predictions.
Houston Methodist’s Dr. Roberta Schwartz on innovating out of the staffing crisis
Roberta Schwartz, PhD, executive vice president and chief innovation officer for Houston Methodist, has been taking meetings with nursing executives, a group she said she hadn’t spent very much time with before the staffing crisis.
FAH names board chair for 2022
Marty Bonick, president and CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services, has been named chair of the Federation of American Hospitals for the 2022 calendar year.
