Category: Leadership & Management

Penn Medicine's climate, sustainability plan: 7 notes

Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Health System has shared a climate and sustainability action plan aimed at halving emissions by 2030 and eliminating them entirely by 2042.

CEO tenures of Leapfrog's straight-A hospitals

Among the leaders of the 12 U.S. hospitals that have earned consecutive “A” safety grades from The Leapfrog Group since 2012, most have assumed their roles within the past three years.

CVS adds 4 new board members in deal with hedge fund

CVS Health is adding four members to its board of directors following “productive discussions” with hedge fund investor Glenview Capital Management, the company said in a Nov. 18 news release. 

Rob Allen: How Intermountain unlocked 6,800+ employee ideas for simplification

Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy that comes from two words that, together, mean “good change.” 

Healthcare will be a 'negative sum game' in 15 years: AdventHealth CEO

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth works hard to maintain financial stability amid big changes in healthcare. The system has expanded and reorganized its leadership structure to find the right balance between corporate standardization without l…

Trump picks RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary: 7 things to know

President-elect Donald Trump has named Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Secretary of Health and Human Services, according to a Nov. 14 Truth Social post.

Why more interim leaders are taking on permanent roles

Over a 10-year period, interim healthcare leaders transitioned into permanent roles 4% to 5% of the time. This rate has spiked in the past 18 to 24 months, now hovering above 10%, according to Adam Burns, interim leadership principal at executive searc…

Providence 'stay Interviews' boost retention

Recruiting healthcare workers is a challenge in today’s environment, and retaining them is even harder. But Providence has figured out a way to cut turnover by engaging new employees with “stay interviews.”

Former Dayton Children’s CEO dies

David Kinsaul, former president and CEO of Dayton (Ohio) Children’s, has died. 

4 US healthcare leaders among Fortune's 'most powerful'

Four leaders from U.S.-based healthcare organizations were featured in Fortune’s “100 Most Powerful People in Business” list, released Nov. 12.