This Is NOT A Time For CEOs To Wait And See

Now is not a good time for hospital CEOs to wait and see. While the modern day equivalent of the great depression may be more of a fear than a reality, there seems to be no question that the U.S. is heading for a period of significant economic slowdown that will lurch...

Let The Candidate Beware…

Caveat emptor. I just finished reviewing a confidential Position Prospectus for a major southern California academic medical center. The search firm leading the assignment is one of the largest in the world. I was more than a little surprised. The document was only 11...

When Young Came to Town….

When he arrived in Buffalo, Michael A. Young, FACHE, faced an uphill climb. His 550-bed teaching hospital and a 586 bed nursing home — Erie County Medical Center and Erie County Home (ECMC) – were recently separated from Erie County, the result of a sale to a...