• Healthcare 'silver linings': 21 hospital leaders on what's worth celebrating

    The American Hospital Association kicked off its annual conference in Washington, D.C., on April 23 with discussions about hospital finances, rural healthcare challenges and opportunities to create better access to mental and behavioral healthcare.
  • National Academies faces scrutiny over Sackler donations

    The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine accepted millions of dollars in donations from the Sackler family — which owns Purdue Pharma — while also advising the federal government on its opioid policies, The New York Times reported April 23.
  • The Workforce of the Future: What Hospitals Need to Stay Competitive 

    在这个独一无二的问答,Vituity总统西奥Koury, MD, shares his expert take on the hiring challenges facing hospitals and health systems and ways to successfully recruit for and shape the workforce of the future.
  • 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 Rady 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 stronger outcomes among COVID-19 patients than other hospitals.
  • 'Fail fast and fail forward': BJC HealthCare's CEO on learning from mistakes

    圣路易斯的总裁兼首席执行官贝健康Care, 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 difficult circumstances.
  • Q1 hospital CEO exits outpace 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.
  • Residents have 'lost trust' in HCA's Transylvania Regional Hospital: Report

    A new community report on HCA Healthcare-owned Transylvania Regional Hospital in Brevard, N.C., indicates concerns from local residents about the facility, ABC affiliate WLOS reported April 12.
  • Corner Office: How a hurricane and a pandemic taught one CEO to grow in a crisis

    More than 20 years have passed since Beth Walker relocated to New Orleans from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. But she told Becker's the crises she's faced in the last two decades, including Hurricane Katrina and the COVID-19 pandemic, continue to influence her in her role as Ochsner Baptist CEO.
  • UofL Health chief medical officer: 'Do something' on gun violence

    Jason Smith, MD, PhD, chief medical officer for University of Louisville (Ky.) Health, is pleading for policymakers to "do something" about gun violence after a shooting that killed five people at a bank in downtown Louisville, The Hill reported.
  • Biden ends COVID-19 national emergency

    President Joe Biden signed a resolution April 10 that ends the national emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • 10 exclusives Mark Cuban told Becker's in April

    Mark Cuban and his online drug company are floating prospective deals with more payers and pharmacists, he told Becker's Hospital Review at its 13th Annual Meeting in April.
  • Dr. Matthew J. Painter discusses the future of hospitals and health systems

    As part of an ongoing series, Becker's talked to healthcare leaders who spoke at our 13th Annual Meeting. The following is an answer from Matthew J. Painter, PhD, Director of Leadership Development of the University of Alabama Birmingham Health System and School of Medicine:
  • 'Health and wealth': Inside MetroHealth's strategy to build financial stability

    Amid the financial challenges facing hospitals and health systems, Cleveland-based MetroHealth is focused on its $1 billion transformation plan, community involvement and other initiatives designed to build stability, its CEO, Airica Steed, EdD, RN, told Becker's.