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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On back of Dobbs, employers add travel benefits for abortion care

Out of 305 U.S. employers surveyed, 35% said they now offer travel and lodging benefits for elective and medically necessary abortions.

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Movers & Shakers: Intermountain Healthcare, MemorialCare announce exec changes

Check out the latest roundup of the latest executive movements in the healthcare industry, including changes at Intermountain Healthcare and MemorialCare.

William C. Roberts, MD

‘A giant in medicine’: American Journal of Cardiology editor steps down after 40 years on the job

William C. Roberts, MD, has long been one of cardiology’s leading voices, contributing to more than 1,600 academic articles and working in a variety of roles for the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and National Institutes of Health.

5 ways to recruit sorely needed patients for Alzheimer’s clinical trials involving therapeutics

The demand is especially great for asymptomatic individuals of all races and ethnicities.

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Healthcare executive salaries up in 2022

Healthcare executives are enjoying higher compensation in 2022 thanks to an increasingly competitive job market.

Harry Lee Page, Jr., MD, a veteran cardiologist who helped pioneer many modern interventional techniques, died on August 11 after a long illness. He was 88 years old. SCAI

‘The end of an era’: Influential cardiologist, dead at 88, made a lasting impact

“We are so fortunate to have had fearless luminaries such as Harry Page at the helm of our profession,” SCAI President Sunil V. Rao, MD, said in a statement.

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Fanning the flames—how burnout initiatives are failing radiologists, according to new survey data

Initiatives aiming to blunt the effects of burnout are plentiful. However, few efforts have been made to understand whether these initiatives have conjured any positive changes on employee well-being. 

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CEO turnover appears to be stabilizing in healthcare

So far in 2022, 832 CEOs have left their roles––and healthcare CEOs have been among the most active role departures.