Up & Comers news and information

As healthcare continues its rapid evolution, the new generation of leadership faces immense challenges that will require new ideas and approaches. And the industry's young executives are already proving that they're up to the task.
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Growing up in Gainesville, Fla., sports taught Phil Wright the essential skills he credits with his success as a hospital administrator: tenacity, practice—and especially blocking and tackling.
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More than two years of speculation about health reform came to an end this year when the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. What has yet to end is uncertainty about the potential impact of the presidential election and looming “fiscal cliff”...
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A casual conversation with Pete Duarte, a neighbor who happened to be CEO of a local hospital, put then-college student Monica Vargas-Mahar on track to work as a hospital administrator with aspirations to be a CEO herself.
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Esteemed philosopher and former baseball great Yogi Berra might say Michelle Hornberger's career path in the mid-'90s presented her with the proverbial “fork in the road” as she mulled choices between pursuing medical school and working as a hospital administrator. And she took...
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Whether it's rolling out an electronic health record, recruiting physician practices into the group or persuading executives from a local hospital to form a joint venture and then getting his physician team to buy into the concept, Michael Kasper has a reputation for pulling people together to work...
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Mark Klosterman's early interest in science developed into a medical technology degree and led to a job in hospital laboratories. But it was the desire to improve healthcare and guidance provided by an informal mentor that drew him toward the C-suite.
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Jason Dinger has been called the “resident entrepreneur” at St. Thomas Health System, Nashville.
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Seven years ago, few people knew about proton therapy, a form of radiation that can more precisely target and irradiate a tumor.
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Modern Healthcare published a call for nominations to its 26th annual Up & Comers recognition program on May 21. Nominations were accepted through July 13. Readers submitted a record 265 entries, surpassing last year's then-record of...
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