While more healthcare providers are using a board-approved set of criteria or competencies when seeking trustees, its use is limited by a restricted focus on financial strategy, says Dr. John Combes. FULL STORY »
While many leadership traits remain innate, Donna Sollenberger said her career development shows that some skills can be developed through awareness and training. FULL STORY »
Finding a physician who could champion the cause is a key to persuading staff to make changes in their supply management, Dr. Barton Sachs said. FULL STORY »
Although many leaders look at their employees as the means to amplify their own ideas, author Liz Wiseman said that the most effective executives harness and magnify their employees' intelligence. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps the final day of the American College of Healthcare Executives' 2012 Congress on Healthcare Leadership. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Dennis Vonderfecht, president and CEO of the Mountain States Health Alliance in Johnson City, Tenn., about quality improvement efforts at a system level. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with ACHE President and CEO Thomas Dolan, about the 2012 Congress theme, "Focus," and how this year's event has played out. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Nebraska Medical Center President and CEO Glenn Fosdick about executive compensation and NMC's plans for an accountable care organization. FULL STORY »
If most small and medium-sized community hospitals are destined to join larger healthcare systems, then waiting too long to find an acquisition partner could end up hurting a hospital's plans. FULL STORY »
Inequality, in terms of access to care, is a problem both in India and America, according to Dr. Ram Raju, CEO of Cook County Health and Hospitals System. FULL STORY »
It's been less than a year since the vortex of wind and debris spinning more than 250 mph smashed through Joplin, Mo., decimating the hospital formerly known as St. John's Regional Medical Center. FULL STORY »
When Daniel Callahan delivered remarks about the future of healthcare, he avoided talking at length about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch recaps Tuesday night's and Wednesday's events at the American College of Healthcare Executives' 2012 Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago. Highlights included Modern Healthcare's Puttin' on the Ritz cocktail party for Congress attendees and a diversity breakfast with a keynote address by Dr. Ram Raju, CEO of Cook County Health and Hospitals System. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Alan Channing, president and CEO of Chicago's Sinai Health System, about engaging with the community to promote population health management and reduce costs. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare News Editor Gregg Blesch talks with Gayle Capozzalo, chairman of the ACHE and an executive vice president at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health, about the challenge of improving efficiency while maintaining high standards of care and the importance of diversity within healthcare's executive ranks. FULL STORY »
Alyson Pitman Giles admitted to a crowd of mostly female healthcare executives on Tuesday that she has a tendency to be a little bit bossy. FULL STORY »
Modern Healthcare Editor David Burda talks with Andy Davidson, president and CEO of the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, about the state's new law implementing coordinated care organizations. FULL STORY »
The American Hospital Association's top lobbyist said it's a real possibility that that the U.S. Supreme Court overwhelmingly will uphold the constitutionality of the healthcare law. FULL STORY »
When University of Arizona public health professor Dr. Richard Carmona talks about the “social determinants of health,” he's not speaking from an abstract academic perspective. FULL STORY »
What crisis? This will blow over. No one will find out. The media is out to get us. Our attorneys will handle it. Recognize any of those responses to serious medical errors and adverse events? FULL STORY »
