Category: Leadership & Management

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is due to become a nonprofit entity July 1 as opposed to its current public system setup.

President Joe Biden is likely to tap North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen, MD, to head the CDC after Rochelle Walensky, MD, departs June 30, according to The Washington Post.

In East Norriton, Pa., four women surgeons have formed a close relationship to support one another inside and outside the operating room. 

Omar Lateef, DO, is what one could call a physician’s physician. A pulmonary and critical care medicine specialist, he completed his fellowship at RUSH University Medical Center in 2005. Today he leads the entire Chicago-based enterprise as CEO. 

Daniel Van Durme, MD, chief medical officer for Florida State University in Tallahassee died of injuries May 30 following a motorcycle accident that occurred in late April, CBS affiliate WCTV reported.

Kimberly Miller, BSN, RN, resigned from her position as executive director of the Minnesota Nursing Board May 18 — the same day the board scheduled an emergency meeting to weigh her removal, the Star Tribune reported. 

As the healthcare industry faces mounting challenges, systems are slimming down to navigate the storm from a leaner ship. 

Life in healthcare depends on perspective. You can take a negative approach and see all the challenges in front of you. Or, you can look at things differently and see plenty of opportunities, Michael Dowling, CEO of Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, N…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed two bills central to separate healthcare controversies into law on May 26. 

Nearly three decades have passed since Robert Stone toured City of Hope’s campus in Duarte, Calif. Today, the same culture that attracted him to the organization remains a priority, along with continued growth and innovation, he told Becker’s.