San Diego County in California has about half the beds it needs to care for patients with mental illnesses. As a result, jails and prisons are picking up hospitals' "slack," according to Chris Van Gorder, CEO of Scripps Health. 

Marlow Hernandez, DO, has stepped down as CEO of Miami-based Cano Health after months of controversy. The move came a day after the annual shareholders' meeting.

The Biden administration announced June 16 that President Joe Biden will appoint Mandy Cohen, MD, former North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services secretary, director of the CDC.

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital called the wrong family about a patient's death, NBC Bay Area reported June 15. 

Quentin Whitwell, CEO of Thomasville (Ala.) Regional Medical Center, is making progress toward becoming its owner. 

Hospital and health system leaders have had to navigate various industry challenges in the last year, from financial pressures to workforce shortages. But they have also focused on making meaningful change for the future, and they are engaging employees in their efforts.

Two terms that have struck a nerve with Becker's audience in the past year are "imposter syndrome" and the "glass cliff." 

David Afshar has resigned as CFO of home and hospice care company Aveanna Healthcare, the company said June 15.

Barely half of physicians have a lot or a great deal of trust that their organization's leaders are honest and transparent, according to one new survey. 

When Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, attended his first American Medical Association meeting in 2001 as a medical student, he couldn't shake the feeling that as a gay man in medicine his options in the profession might be limited.

For all the literature, studies and allegories that circulate in the business world about teams — and what makes great ones — one obvious factor often goes unsung: how long they've been together. 

Physicians are not happy, and the American Medical Association is focused on changing that. In 2022, only 22.4 percent of physicians said they were "professionally fulfilled," according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente was in the middle of a strategic planning process when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, CEO Greg Adams said during a keynote speech June 13 at the AHIP 2023 conference. 

As CEO exits continue to climb, some hospitals and health systems are looking internally to fill the roles they leave behind. But in a C-suite full of talent, who is best poised to take the helm?

In his final speech as president of the American Medical Association, Jack Resneck Jr., MD, spoke to the AMA House of Delegates about significant wins during his tenure — including movement on the AMA Recovery Plan for America's Physicians — as well as outstanding challenges still facing the organization's members, according to a June 9 AMA news release.

In a world that often feels toxic and unkind, and amid the acrimony and lack of civility, approaching others with a heightened level of understanding, empathy and care is more necessary than ever before. When so many of us find ourselves becoming desensitized to the negative behavior of those around us, we must double down on leading with love and respect. And so, at this moment, I find it critical to speak about the integral role love plays in our ability to lead and empower others.

Hospital executives report that the generation gap of differences between newer, younger nurses and their more experienced counterparts is not only creating team conflicts but also adding to hospitals' difficulty attracting nursing talent, according to the "2023 Healthcare Executive Report" released by Incredible Health on June 13.

As a child, Todd Suntrapak became familiar with healthcare through his time as a patient at Valley Children's Healthcare in Madera, Calif. Today, he spearheads that same organization in a severely economically disadvantaged region.

James Luketich, MD, the longtime cardiothoracic chair at Pittsburgh-based UPMC, will step down from his role following a federal false claims settlement, the health system confirmed to Becker's on June 9. 

Many C-suite leaders are now returning to the office after taking operations remote during COVID-19. But some never left their on-site posts — including the team at Visalia, Calif.-based Kaweah Health.