Category: Leadership & Management

Health system C-suites may shrink further

Health system margins have dropped for the last four months, leading to layoffs, job cuts and reorganizations.

Hospital C-suites ditch certain leadership traits

Health systems have traditionally promoted leaders with strong core competencies and deep expertise in specific areas. The best clinician, the smartest technologist, and the most proficient numbers analyst would rise to the top of their respective depa…

Steward CEO resigns

Steward Health Care Chairman and CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, has “amicably separated” from the system, effective Oct. 1, a Steward spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. 

The power of pause, per 1 Northwell hospital president

When pushing through a difficult time, it is crucial for leaders to ensure the rest of their team is moving forward with them, Jon Sendach, president of Manhasset, N.Y.-based North Shore University Hospital, told Becker’s.

Health systems abandon rigid hierarchies

Health systems are relinquishing traditional leadership structures to reimagine a more effective healthcare delivery organization.

Health systems elevate CTOs

Health systems are appointing and elevating chief transformation officers to lead growth strategies and change management efforts.

Rhode Island system workers vote 'no confidence' in management

In the wake of physician resignations, some employees with Wakefield, R.I.-based South County Health have taken a “no confidence” vote in management, according to ABC affiliate WLNE.

How a Chicago CEO kept a community hospital afloat

When Guy Medgalia led the separation of St. Anthony Hospital from St. Louis-based Ascension in 2010, many warned it would result in closure.

Millennials to outnumber Gen X in leadership: LinkedIn

Millennials are on pace to outnumber Generation X in leadership roles by 2025, according to a September report from LinkedIn.

California system CEO envisions diversified revenue stream

Todd Suntrapak, president and CEO of Valley Children’s Healthcare in Madera, Calif., knows the importance of developing new and reliable funding sources to achieve financial stability in the long term. That’s why he is passionate about “outside-the-hea…