Category: Leadership & Management

How Mayo Clinic trains administrators, 40 years and counting

Mayo Clinic has been training future healthcare leaders through its administrative fellowship program since 1983. Over the past four decades, less has changed than one might think. 

How Mayo Clinic trains administrators, 40 years and counting

Mayo Clinic has been training future healthcare leaders through its administrative fellowship program since 1983. Over the past four decades, less has changed than one might think. 

Healthcare re-imagined by CEOs

Healthcare experienced a seismic shift in the last few years, enduring the COVID-19 pandemic, workforce shortages, inflation and rapid technological advancement. Hospitals and health systems can’t operate the way they did for decades and stay financial…

One-third of HHS appointees hop to industry jobs, raising conflict-of-interest concerns

One-third of HHS appointees between 2004 and 2020 left for jobs in the industry, according to the first comprehensive study of the “revolving door” in healthcare regulation in Health Affairs. 

Penn Medicine's plan to create the most 'provider-friendly work environment'

Penn Medicine is on a mission to create the most provider-friendly work environment possible, and one of the key ways it aims to do so is by getting serious about EMR innovation. 

4 of America's largest nonprofits are also health systems

Four of the eight largest charities/nonprofit organizations in the United States are health systems, according to a Sept. 5 report from Statista. 

CEOs, employees see leadership differently: 5 notes  

Senior executives and entry-level employees are disconnected about what makes up a “leadership mindset” within their organizations, according to a new nationwide study by GE and Ipsos. 

The age of Gen X CEOs

In U.S. boardrooms, the torch is passing from baby boomers to Gen Xers. The result: more leniency toward flexible work, according to The New York Times. 

Viewpoint: Kim Kardashian and the dangers of healthcare influencing

Instagram influencers may be able to advise their followers on vegan shoes and facial serums, but should refrain from giving medical advice, one emergency physician wrote in an Aug. 30 MedPage Today article. 

The buddy system comes to C-suites

Top executives at health systems have a lot on their plates, often making multipronged decisions that involve financial, operational and clinical considerations. The right person can handle all that pressure — but maybe it’s best if they don’t have to….