The last five years at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare have been defined by major infrastructure and technology investments, including its systemwide 2024 launch of an Epic EHR system, President and CEO Chris Howard told Becker’s.
Category: Leadership & Management
Avera Health's 'secret sauce' for rural growth
As president and CEO of Avera Health, Jim Dover is focused on driving innovation and growth by keeping care local — a strategy he calls the system’s “secret sauce.”
Hospitals and healthcare professionals must lead on firearm injury prevention to keep children and communities safe
Firearm-related injuries have been the leading cause of death for children and teens in the United States since 2022, killing more children than car crashes, cancer or infectious illnesses. Yet, we don’t approach firearm injury prevention with the same…
Health system CEOs to assemble for Northwell gun violence prevention forum
Northwell Health is hosting its sixth annual Gun Violence Prevention Forum on Feb. 27, featuring healthcare, government, business and community leaders, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Acade…
SSM Health's blueprint for navigating the 'change curve'
Addressing the challenges facing healthcare leaders requires focus on more than one priority. In the case of SSM Health, four areas are at the foundation of its approach to taking on what President and CEO Laura Kaiser calls “wicked” problems.
Hospitals decry House GOP budget plan: 4 federal health updates
Hospital leaders nationwide are urging lawmakers to reconsider a Republican-backed budget resolution that could significantly cut Medicaid funding, warning of serious consequences for patients and healthcare providers.
15 defining healthcare trends and challenges
1. Healthcare has a big supply and demand problem. Demand for healthcare continues to exceed the number of physicians, nurses and allied healthcare providers available in what is one of the most pressing math problems of our time.
Pfizer names former FDA official as chief medical officer
Pfizer has appointed former Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD, former director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, as its new chief medical officer, Bloomberg reported Feb. 24.
What Bon Secours Mercy CEO says 'dooms' partnerships to failure
Health systems often relinquish too much responsibility and oversight in their partnerships, John Starcher, president and CEO of Bon Secours Mercy Health, told Becker’s.
Leading with light: Balancing positivity and power under pressure
Positivity in leadership, especially during crises, requires balancing optimism with realistic, strategic action. Positivity can be misunderstood as naivety, but when combined with execution, it becomes a powerful force for progress.
