Category: Leadership & Management

4 manager tips to navigate through uncertainty, layoffs

Leading through uncertainty can put managers in a tricky spot, and that’s exactly what’s unfolding in the current labor market, as many employees worry about the potential for layoffs. 

Becker's 13th Annual Meeting – Day 3 Recap

As healthcare continues to be one of the most pressing and complex issues facing our society, it is essential that leaders in the field come together to share their insights and experiences.

Perioperative operating model reboot: MUSC Health's path to regain lost volume with LeanTaaS, Siemens Healthineers

Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems continue to grapple with staffing shortages, clinician burnout and financial challenges. Healthcare has been slower than other industries to leverage technology to solve these issues, but there’s …

Becker's 13th Annual Meeting – Day 2 Recap

As healthcare continues to be one of the most pressing and complex issues facing our society, it is essential that leaders in the field come together to share their insights and experiences.

Nonprofit hospitals that pay board members linked to less charity care

Nonprofit hospitals that pay their board members are associated with providing less charity care than hospitals that do not compensate their trustees, according to a study published April 3 in Health Affairs.

What's next in hospitals? Leveraging the 'voice of the bedside care team'

When it comes to excelling as a hospital leader, one must be an excellent communicator, possess high levels of emotional intelligence and be able to put patients at the center of all decision-making, Rachael Drake, MSN, RN, chief nursing officer at Pri…

UVA Health on quest to be nation's top public academic system, CEO says

K. Craig Kent, MD, serves as CEO of Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health and executive vice president for health affairs at the University of Virginia. 

Centura's Solutions to Physician Burnout

Introduction: Physician burnout has been recognized as a national concern for over 40 years, even prior to COVID hitting in 2020. A 2015 study found over 50 percent of physicians report symptoms of burnout (1) 

Becker's 13th Annual Meeting – Day 1 Recap

As healthcare continues to be one of the most pressing and complex issues facing our society, it is essential that leaders in the field come together to share their insights and experiences.

At Virtua Health, female leadership is a strategic imperative 

Women may only hold 25 percent of senior leadership roles in healthcare, but Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health is actively bucking that trend.