Leadership

This news channel page highlights examples of leadership in hospital and health systems. While healthcare leadership is often seen as the positions of chief executive officers, chief clinical officers, chief of staff, and chief information officers, it also can can be other individuals or the entire healthcare system that shows unique ways to enhance patient care and manage strategies, quality, safety and revenue initiatives.

Private equity investors have grown more and more interested in cardiology in recent years. Roger Strode, a partner with the global law firm Foley and Lardner LLP, explains why this is.

Q&A: What the rise of private equity investments in cardiology means for cardiologists and their patients

Private equity investors have grown more and more interested in cardiology in recent years. Why the sudden shift? And what does it mean for patient care going forward? 

February 15, 2023
leaders.jpg

Movers & Shakers: Johnson & Johnson, Community Healthcare Trust, Emids

Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare space, featuring Johnson & Johnson, Community Healthcare Trust and Emids.

February 15, 2023
Cybercrime

Another ransomware warning for healthcare providers: North Korean attacks

Healthcare and public health organizations have been alerted to another ransomware threat––this time from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK).

February 14, 2023

Q&A: What healthcare providers should do after a data breach

Health Exec caught up with Rob Kim, chief technology officer at digital solutions provider Presidio, to understand what healthcare organizations should do after a data breach.

February 14, 2023
Bayer names Bill Anderson as new CEO

Bayer announces new CEO

The announcement, which came after investors pressured Bayer to make a leadership change, resulted in an immediate increase in the company's stock price. 

February 8, 2023

Healthcare workforce management company raises $200M

The funding comes at a time when the healthcare workforce is facing a major labor crunch.

February 8, 2023
CVS Health announces $10.6B acquisition of Oak Street Health

CVS Health announces $10.6B acquisition of Oak Street Health

The deal was expected to be announced after several stories leaked that the two companies were in talks.

February 8, 2023
A heart team working together during a TAVR procedure at Emory. The success of the heart team approach has has made it a model for care collaborations across cardiovascular care.

Comprehensive heart teams are rewriting the rules of patient care

Multidisciplinary heart teams are growing more and more popular among hospitals and health systems all over the world. What started as a way to select TAVR patients has become something much more important. 

February 6, 2023

Around the web

Five of the largest U.S. medical societies focused on cardiovascular health are one step closer to seeing their paradigm-shifting proposal become a reality.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions and Society of Thoracic Surgeons have both shared statements in support of the ban, which is already being challenged in court. The American Hospital Association, meanwhile, opposes the policy shift, saying it “errs by seeking to create a one-size-fits-all rule”

Alison Bailey, MD, co-chair of the business of cardiology sessions at ACC.24, emphasized that reimbursement cuts can have a long-term negative impact on patient. 

Trimed Popup
Trimed Popup