Category: Leadership & Management

Cone Health CEO pushes back on Atrium Health's hospital proposal

Atrium Health has proposed a new hospital in Greensboro, N.C. The CEO of Cone Health, based in Greensboro, isn’t keen on the idea. 

White House plans to nominate head of National Cancer Institute to run NIH

President Joe Biden is looking to nominate Monica Bertagnolli, MD, to run the National Institutes of Health, two people familiar with the matter told Politico in an April 19 report.

'Handing off a treasure': Inside Children's seamless CEO transition

When done properly, a handoff — from shift to shift, for example — creates continuity and consistency in a hospital setting, ensuring no balls are dropped when it comes to patient care.  

Florida hospital board says no to 2nd COVID-19 review

Sarasota (Fla.) Memorial Hospital’s board has voted against a motion asking for a second investigation into the hospital’s COVID-19 policies and treatment protocols, after an initial internal review published in February concluded the hospital saw stro…

'Fail fast and fail forward': BJC HealthCare's CEO on learning from mistakes

As president and CEO of St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare, Rich Liekweg is facing the same challenges as other leaders in the industry, including inflation and workforce shortages. But he said there are opportunities for his organization amid these diffic…

1st-quarter hospital CEO exits outpacing 2022

Companies announced 418 CEO exits in the first three months of 2023, with 54 occurring in hospitals and health systems, according to one new analysis.

Open the front door to patient access: how AI helps direct inpatient flow to unlock capacity

The best way health systems can serve their surrounding communities is to provide consistent and timely access to care, for every patient who needs it.

2 nurse leadership moves at Garnet Health

Middletown, N.Y.-based Garnet Health announced two of its nurses were promoted to new leadership roles, according to an April 14 news release.

6 CEOs on the issues they would fix overnight

Hospital and health system CEOs face various challenges, from staff shortages to addressing patient access barriers. The Becker’s Hospital Review Corner Office series asks these leaders to share the healthcare problem they would eliminate overnight.

The problem of stuffy hospital CEOs

Rather than pay, tenure or organization size, one determinant of hospital and health system leaders deserves outsized importance: their humanity.