Category: Leadership & Management

The roles that reshaped C-suites in 2023

Some health systems cut positions from their C-suites in 2023; others added to them, creating new positions that reflect the industry’s shifting priorities.

A simpler way for better health 

At a time when the health industry is facing some of the roughest currents in history, we have an opportunity to rethink how we collectively steer the ship. When it comes to staying healthy and navigating the nation’s current fee-for-service healthcare…

Why 'softer CEOs' are a good fit for healthcare

A November article in Fortune shed light on the demand for softer CEOs. The crux of the article, which focuses on companies across various industries, is that in a post-pandemic world, recruiters are focusing less on administrative, financial and techn…

Leapfrog, Costs of Care name 'outstanding healthcare CEO'

Charles Holland, CEO of St. Bernard Hospital in Chicago, is the recipient of this year’s Steven Schroeder Award for Outstanding Healthcare CEO — an award created by The Leapfrog Group and Costs of Care to recognize hospital and health system leaders wh…

ChristianaCare names vice chair of surgical quality

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare has selected Marcin Jankowski, DO, as its new vice chair of surgery, according to a Dec. 4 news release.

'You want to fail and you want to fail fast': Tampa General CEO's plan for self-disruption

Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy and others are challenging the traditional healthcare system by designing new ways to coordinate and deliver patient care. But disruption doesn’t have to come from outside the industry.

CEO influencers on welcoming new leaders into the fold

New leaders who join a hospital or health system not only navigate a new role, but also a new organizational culture. In today’s challenging healthcare climate, culture — and smoothly integrating new leaders into it  —  is becoming even more …

Congress' health policy brain drain

Several health policy leaders will retire from Congress in the near future, taking with them decades of experience, according to Politico.

1 'key assumption' in lean management, per UI Hospitals' new CEO

When it comes to lean management, Bradley Haws, the new CEO of the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics and associate vice president of UI Health Care, offers a “key assumption”: don’t assume. 

Healthier outcomes: Keeping patients at the center of care

Early in my career, I treated a young patient with uncontrollable asthma. Instead of being in school or playing sports with his friends and classmates, he was often in the hospital. My only goal was for this patient to get his asthma under control so h…