Category: Leadership & Management

Financial challenges were the second-most pressing concern for hospital CEOs in 2023, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives’s annual survey of top issues confronting hospitals. 

When I hear discussions about special rules for working with people of another generation, I often think it’s silly and contrived. That said, there are several observations worth noting.

President Joe Biden’s administration announced March 5 a task force focused on tackling “unfair and illegal pricing” in healthcare and other areas. 

Healthcare CEOs may be overlooking a vital ally in their quest to enhance organizational outcomes: infection preventionists, one expert wrote in a March 5 op-ed for Fast Company.

Having recently guided their organizations through financial, operational and workforce challenges, hospital and health system CEOs are turning their attention to transformational work. Their goal: to balance growth and innovation with the pressures of…

A position at the top of organizations, including health systems, is “probably more complex than ever” but with limited visibility.

The board of directors for Escondido, Calif.-based Palomar Health has approved a management services agreement under which health system executives are employed by a nonprofit, outside management organization rather than a public entity. 

The largest health system in the country is seeking leaders for numerous roles at the top of its hospitals. 

The CEO of Palm Springs, Calif.-based Desert Healthcare District has addressed community members’ concerns — and alluded to some of his own — amid a proposed sale to Tenet Healthcare. 

U.S. and Michigan lawmakers are seeking answers to concerns regarding the recently announced transition of services at Aspirus Ontonagon (Mich.) Hospital.