Category: Leadership & Management

6 hospitals seeking CEOs

Below are six hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CEOs.

Making remote work work

Today’s healthcare leaders face vast uncertainty and a multitude of complex questions that can feel impossible to answer. These uncertainties include the labor market, the future of remote work, the organization’s infrastructure and technology, the rol…

AMA turns 175: How CEO Dr. James Madara sets priorities as healthcare’s agenda grows

No one can predict what the future of the nation’s healthcare system will look like, but there are certain needs that are “musts” to prioritize, no matter how healthcare shifts over the next century. That’s how the American Medical Association’s CEO se…

8 firsts for women in leadership positions at their healthcare organizations

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

16 women making moves in healthcare

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

Joint Commission taps Massachusetts General surgeon to serve as chief patient safety officer

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. 

LeanTaaS Recognized as Winner for Clinical Efficiency Innovation in 2022 MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program

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

Black, Latino consumers say their healthcare is affected by their race

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. 

Duke medical school dean in running for top NIH role

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 starts May 8: 6 things to know

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.