Category: Leadership & Management

Softer CEOs are in demand

For decades, hard skills have dominated the CEO search. In the post-pandemic world, recruiters are digging for something softer, Fortune reported Nov. 16. 

Health system CEO orders 'phone jail' to set boundaries

Benjamin Anderson is headed to the helm of Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System — but not without precautions in place, he shared via LinkedIn. 

Who should fix the broken healthcare system?

Americans’ confidence in the healthcare system is waning, and they aren’t sure who — if anyone — can repair it, according to a recent poll. 

15 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs: Their paths to the top

On Nov. 15, As You Sow issued its 10th report on “overpaid” CEOs among the S&P 500.

Embracing technology and improving care access: 1 year in with Ochsner's CEO

On Nov. 1, Pete November reached the one-year mark as CEO of New Orleans-based Ochsner Health.

How one health system rewrote a menu and big cliché

Northwell Health serves patients, employees and visitors beef short ribs, wild flounder filets, and bread from a critically acclaimed bakery. It serves everyone a reminder that deficiencies can become delights. 

Virginia Mason Fransican hospital donates tourniquets to teachers in case of school shootings

Gig Harbor, Wash.-based St. Anthony Hospital has donated emergency backpacks containing tourniquets, medical equipment and medical gauze to every teacher in a local school district, NBC affiliate King5 reported Oct. 27. 

Health system execs are pushing down decision-making authority

As regional health systems grow and need to become more nimble, the top leadership are looking for ways to decentralize decision-making and build a strong executive talent pipeline.

University Hospitals shifts to 'more service line, less hospital' model

Cleveland-based University Hospitals has added around 10 hospitals over the last decade, and is now working on changing its model to a more portfolio-centric approach.

Hospital CEO turnover up 62% even with fall lull

U.S. hospitals have seen 126 CEO exits through October of this year, a 62 percent increase from the 78 reported in the same time period in 2022.