When Shereef Elnahal, MD, U.S. undersecretary of health for veterans affairs, speaks about efforts to improve the Veterans Health Administration, his words likely sound familiar. That is because Dr. Elnahal’s priorities, as head of the nation’s largest…
The U.S. healthcare system is one of extremes, in which the same patient on the same day can experience herculean efforts to return to health while being denied a $12 medication, according to one physician’s op-ed in The New York Times.
Hospital boards are responsible for plenty of high-level duties, and while their overall role may vary depending on an organization’s size and type, quality and safety should be infused into all of the areas they oversee, according to the former chief …
UPMC has named Oscar Marroquin, MD, president of physicians and of the university medical center, according to a July 19 news release.
In today’s challenging healthcare environment, executives are striving for simplicity in operations, technology and investments. This includes Jennifer Burrows, RN, chief executive of Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Portland, Ore., and Oregon …
The American College of Emergency Physicians has updated its position on non-physician-led emergency medical practices, stating physicians — not corporations — should make medical and business decisions.
Forty percent of employees feel stressed or anxious about work due to a first-time manager, with 1 in 5 losing sleep over the situation, according to one new poll.
Tami Love, CFO of Rock Springs, Wyo.-based Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, is to be the next president of Wyoming’s chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, according to a July 13 article by the hospital’s marketing director …
When Tom Mihaljevic, MD, took over as president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic five years ago, something began to weigh heavily on his mind.
Between economic uncertainty and workforce woes, it’s a difficult time to be driving a business. Most C-suite leaders would give up their high posts for a less stressful role, according to a recent survey from Deloitte.
