Becoming a CMO involves stepping away from full-time clinical practice and embracing leadership. Key factors include experience in personnel management, medical staff affairs, and change management. With formal training, mentorship, and a passion for...

Strategic thinking is an essential component of leadership — and yet for many leaders, it can be nearly impossible to find time for. In this article, the author argues that there are two main barriers that keep leaders from devoting more time to stra...

Workplace conflict is inevitable, but managing it effectively is key to fostering a positive culture. Discover strategies to handle behavioral conflicts and challenging interactions for a healthier organization.

In today's evolving healthcare landscape, effective leadership is more critical than ever. Modern CMOs must balance organizational goals with physician and patient satisfaction, acting as transformational leaders who foster collaboration and innovati...

Today the workforce is getting older, and the number of younger workers in positions of senior management is growing. These two developments might appear to spell trouble, in that they seem to set the generations against one another, but the author o...

Integrated behavioral health programs require a different approach to healthcare delivery.

The Chief Nursing Officer and the Chief Medical Officer are responsible for the oversight of clinical outcomes within a complex and rapidly changing environment. Much attention has been paid to the interplay between these strategic executive roles. A...

Predictive algorithms risk creating self-fulfilling prophecies, reinforcing preexisting biases. This is largely because it does not distinguish between causation and correlation. To prevent this, we should submit new algorithms to randomized controll...

In a recent study of European start-ups, one technique consistently boosted performance: the scientific method, a centuries-old discipline of formulating, testing, and tweaking hypotheses. Ventures employing it generated more revenues than those that...

This article explores the evolving role of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) within hospital settings, emphasizing the challenges and opportunities faced by physician assistants, nurse practitioners, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and cert...

The authors examine the impact of various management practices on diverse representation in managerial roles and how often each management practice is utilized in organizations, shedding light on why organizations are not making greater progress towa...

An aging workforce, shrinking talent pool, and intensified competition will put healthcare organizations under increasing pressure in the years to come. The benefits of succession planning have never been more apparent. Yet many organizations do not ...