Category: Leadership & Management

Good leaders let go: Study

Being in constant work mode can damage a leader’s performance, according to a recent study covered by The Wall Street Journal. 

Healthcare executives defend vacation time

Several years ago, Sachin Jain, MD, decided to take a two-week vacation. He received a call from his boss that he still thinks about to this day, Dr. Jain — now the president and CEO of SCAN Group and SCAN Health Plan — wrote in a Sept. 23 LinkedIn pos…

AdventHealth's 50-year legacy and what comes next

As Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth celebrates 50 years as a health system, CEO Terry Shaw shared his learnings with Becker’s from the organization’s past, while looking ahead to how he sees healthcare and AdventHealth evolving in the coming …

We're succeeding at keeping more people out of the hospital. Together, we'll do even better. 

It used to be that when you saw the doctor, you paid for the visit. And when you were screened for a condition, you paid for the test. But innovative health systems like ours helped usher in a new era — one that aimed to reward value over volume in med…

Virginia governor calls for VCU Health board changes, including chair to step down

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin has called on Michael Rao, PhD, to step down from his position as chair of Richmond-based VCU Health as part of a reform package he is proposing for the health system board, according to a Sept. 21 Richmond BizSense rep…

What 68 health system leaders have done to boost the bottom line

Becker’s asked C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the U.S. to share their organization’s areas of growth for the next few years. 

CommonSpirit's plans in Utah, per its new market CEO

Kevin Jenkins recently began serving as CEO of Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health’s Utah market and CEO of Holy Cross Hospital-Salt Lake, and he brings years of leadership experience to the role.

Gen Z moves into boardrooms

Boardrooms are still dominated by baby boomers and Gen Xers — but in some spaces, younger voices have a seat at the table, Fortune reported Sept. 15. 

Gen Z moves into boardrooms

Boardrooms are still dominated by baby boomers and Gen Xers — but in some spaces, younger voices have a seat at the table, Fortune reported Sept. 15. 

An efficiency 'easy button' that hospital CEOs overlook

Most incoming CEOs have devoted their focus to the hospital setting, whether operational or clinical. Kevin Cullinan, on the contrary, has spent the past few years outside of it.