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.

Elevance Health partners with Adelade in value-based care push

The partnership aims to assist independent primary care physicians transition to value-based care by giving primary care providers in Elevance Health’s network to access Adelade’s suite of technology and local, in-person services.

Jefferson Names Joseph G. Cacchione, MD New CEO of Jefferson Health and Thomas Jefferson University

Jefferson taps Ascension Health CEO as new exec

Joseph G. Cacchione, MD, comes to Jefferson by way of Ascension Health, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, where he has served as an executive since 2017

Google, NIH converge on Arkansas over medical AI education, advancement

Data scientists and software engineers at the University of Arkansas have been awarded more than $140,000 by the NIH to educate biomedical researchers on the growing role of AI in big-data analytics.

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Cleveland Clinic offering Saturday appointments dedicated to contraceptive care

“Reproductive healthcare decisions are best made between a patient and their healthcare provider. It is critical that women and men have immediate access to contraception," says Tristi Muir, MD, chair of the Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health Institute at Cleveland Clinic.

President Biden tests positive for COVID-19

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House confirmed.

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Inflation eating away hospital margins

Hospitals and health systems have been facing tight margins over the past few years during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with historic inflation, things aren’t likely to get better anytime soon.

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Intermountain Healthcare names new chief digital officer

The appointment comes as Intermountain Healthcare, a Utah-based nonprofit system of 33 hospitals and hundreds of clinics and medical groups, completed its merger with SCL Health.

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Abortion care still protected in emergency situations for all Americans, Biden administration clarifies

The Biden administration has seemingly found a way to federally protect abortion care services in all states in some circumstances.

Around the web

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”