Leadership

I was pleased to take part in a robust discussion about new leadership competencies last week in conjunction with the South by Southwest Festival.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) released a new report that details the impact that a Medicare public option proposal could have on the ability of hospitals and health systems to continue to provide access to high-quality care to their patients…
The AHA is here to help hospitals and health systems build the future of health care delivery.  
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: AMITA Health names president and CEO of AMITA Health Alexian Brothers Medical Center Elk Grove Village (Ill.); and Allina Health, Minneapolis, appoints president of two hospitals.
The AHA, along with Baxter International Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust, is accepting applications through April 5 for the 2019 Foster G. McGaw Prize.
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: Cheyenne (Wyo.) Regional Health System and HSHS Holy Family Hospital, Greenville, Ill., name CEOs.
As a politically practical matter, we need to focus on finding consensus to improve the system we have rather than subject the nation to yet another polarizing debate on health care. 
Also in this roundup of hospital and health system leadership changes: North Country Healthcare, Littleton, N.H., names CEO; and South County Health, Wakefield, R.I., selects CEO.
Harney District Hospital, Burns, Ore., is one of many hospitals nationwide that have embraced the Lean mentality, modeled after Toyota’s discipline of lean manufacturing in the 1950s to ensure high quality products. At AHA’s 2019 Rural Health Care Leadership Conference, attendees learned how rural…
Dennis Pullin, president and CEO of Virtua Health in Marlton, N.J., will serve as 2019 chair of the AHA's Section for Metropolitan Hospitals.