Category: Leadership & Management

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.

Pfizer CEO awarded $1M Genesis Prize 

Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, is the 2022 Genesis Prize Laureate for his work leading the company and developing its COVID-19 vaccine, the Genesis Prize foundation said Jan. 19.

2 UCSF design leaders on transforming the hospital into a place of healing

Elizabeth Polek, vice president of new hospital planning at University of California San Francisco Medical Center, and Stuart Eckblad, vice president of major capital projects for UCSF Health, want to make the Northern California medical center, ranked…

Corner Office: New Allina Health CEO’s leadership style emphasizes ‘serving those who serve’

As Lisa Shannon begins her tenure as CEO of Minneapolis-based Allina Health, she said she is inspired by the organization’s culture and is focused on the needs of patients and employees.