Category: Leadership & Management

The U.S. healthcare system’s transition to value-based care might be slowed by current financial conditions, according to an October 2023 report published in NEJM Catalyst. 

The Oregon Health Authority has a new leader after Gov. Tina Kotek appointed Sejal Hathi, MD, to the post, according to multiple reports.

CEOs are becoming increasingly candid about environmental pressures putting their organizations — and the healthcare industry as whole — in unforgiving situations. 

More health system leaders have joined a coalition to address gun violence. 

Monica Bertagnolli, MD, is the new director of the National Institutes of Health. 

The role with origins in politics and the military has made its way into some large health systems, and can be clouded with obscurity given its variability and intensity.

Regional West Health Services in Scottsbluff, Neb., has terminated its contract with Chadron (Neb.) Community Hospital, Chadron Radio reported Nov. 1. 

James Block, MD, former president and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, died Oct. 9, The Baltimore Sun reported. He was 83.

Five top business schools have reached gender parity in their MBA programs, representing a record, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 2. 

Joon Sup Lee, MD, has served as CEO of Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare since July 1, and he brought with him experience as an executive, as well as an understanding of the patient perspective and the value of research at academic medical centers.