August has seen a slew of executive hires, exits and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, Humana, Merck and Mayo Clinic named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including MaineHealth, Cellares and Sharp HealthCare.
Today’s challenges — such as rapid technological innovations, shifting patient demographics, and mounting financial pressures — call not for just any leader but for a particular type of leader. They must be able to assess like clinicians and lead like CEOs.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
February has seen a slew of executive hires, promotions and layoffs across the healthcare industry. For instance, the CDC, Nabla and symplr named new executives. There were also layoffs at organizations including Walgreens, Cigna and Merck.
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The company, a facilitator of patient-clinician communication, plans to use the funds to bring new features and capabilities to market, as well as build strategic partnerships. It has also added Dr. Dana Gelb Safran as senior vice president of value-based care and population health.
In the survey, which asked 100 healthcare executives about their organization's top challenges, 62 percent of respondents listed declining reimbursements and 53 percent cited the patient experience.
What if health plans could identify member decline before an avoidable hospitalization occurs? Real-time clinical visibility into long-stay SNF members uncovers risk earlier and drives better outcomes.
The finding comes from a survey of 100 hospital executives that VigiLanz, a clinical surveillance company, commissioned healthcare research firm Sage Growth Partners to conduct.
Sean Slovenski, the former vice president of innovation at Humana, has been tapped as Walmart's senior vice president of health and wellness.
An EY survey of 347 physicians and healthcare executives found respondents have undertaken staff satisfaction-related projects and are planning initiatives around analytics.