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.

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CEO turnover dropped to lowest level since 2017 in second half of 2022

The Great Resignation hit the healthcare industry by storm during the COVID-19 pandemic, but turnover among CEOs slowed to its lowest level in five years toward the end of 2022.

January 19, 2023

Cleveland Clinic CEO warns of $200M loss in 2022

Cleveland Clinic CEO and President Tom Mihaljevic, MD, gave the healthcare organization’s State of the Clinic speech on Jan. 18, sharing optimism for the company’s future despite a $200 million loss in 2022.

January 18, 2023
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Harvard Medical School boycotts US News & World Report rankings

Harvard Medical School, currently ranked the No. 1 medical school in the United States, has withdrawn from submitting data to U.S. News & World Report’s annual ranking of the best medical schools.

January 18, 2023
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Movers & Shakers: CDC taps new leader, Mass Eye and Ear appoints chief of anesthesia

Welcome to Movers & Shakers, a roundup of the latest executive movements in healthcare, featuring leadership appointments from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Mass Eye and Ear.

 

January 16, 2023

The best jobs in healthcare

Several healthcare jobs are rated among the top 100 best jobs, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

January 16, 2023
The FDA tracks mammography systems and the number of exams performed in the U.S. through its Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) program. This is an example of the GE Senobright HD imaging system.

Cancer deaths have dropped dramatically

Cancer mortality rates have plunged, dropping one-third, since the 1990s, according to a recent report from the American Cancer Society.

January 16, 2023
The 120,000-square-foot advanced outpatient care center on the 4800 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue is expected to serve more than 50,000 patients annually from Bronzeville and nearby communities. Northwestern also wants to try and staff the majority of the clinic with clinicians who are Black to better reflect the community they will be serving. Construction could begin in summer 2023, with a scheduled opening in summer of 2025.

VIDEO: Northwestern plans to open Chicago South Side clinic to address healthcare access

Northwestern's Clyde Yancy, MD, discusses how his health system is addressing health access equity issues with plans to open a new outpatient clinic on the historically Black Chicago South Side.

January 13, 2023
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NYC nurses reach contract agreement with hospitals, ending strike

A nurses union in New York City has reached an agreement with two hospitals, ending a three-day strike.

January 12, 2023

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In addition, cardiologists average an additional $75,000 per year in incentive-based bonuses. That number is only higher for two other specialties. 

CMS has issued its proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system, suggesting a payment increase of 2.6%. According to the American Hospital Association, this update would not be enough at a time when hospitals are already struggling to stay open. 

The rumors, it seems, were true. Once the deal is finalized, Shockwave Medical will operate as a business unit within Johnson & Johnson MedTech.

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