The headwinds are real — so is the hope: 96 healthcare leaders on the road ahead

The American healthcare system has never lacked for challenges, but the current moment feels different in both scale and urgency. Staffing shortages have moved from chronic annoyance to structural crisis. Reimbursement models are straining under the weight of an aging population and shrinking federal support. Safety-net institutions are making cuts they once considered unthinkable.  And […]

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The one-person unicorn in healthcare IT is coming

AI is collapsing the cost of building, operating, and scaling software companies. In healthcare IT, that means the next major vendor may not be a 10,000-employee incumbent, but an ultra-lean AI-powered company that solves one mission-critical problem better, faster, and with far less overhead. The next billion-dollar healthcare IT company may have fewer employees than […]

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21 revenue cycle executive moves in 2026

From Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center naming a chief revenue officer to Erlanger Health System naming a senior vice president of revenue cycle, here are 21 revenue cycle executive moves Becker’s reported in 2026. 1. Columbus-based Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has named Beth Carlson chief revenue officer. 2. Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health […]

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Optimists, pessimists and realists — 12 pharmacy leaders on the future

Pharmacy is under pressure from every direction — shrinking reimbursements, 340B headwinds, rising drug costs, and a workforce stretched thin. And yet the pharmacy leaders living inside that pressure are not sounding the alarm.  We asked more than a dozen chief pharmacy officers, directors, and clinical executives one question: is the future of healthcare bright […]

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Promotion, pay and longevity: How Mayo Clinic, Northwell and Stryker became healthcare’s career standouts

Mayo Clinic, Northwell Health and Stryker stand apart in healthcare for delivering consistently strong career outcomes, from early advancement to long-term retention and pay, according to the 2026 “Where You Work Matters” list. The three organizations are among just 22 U.S. employers — and the only three in the healthcare industry — to earn top […]

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Why FMOL Health was early to adopt Epic’s AI scribe

Baton Rouge, La.-based FMOL Health was an early adopter of Epic’s new AI scribe after finding the application accurate and cost-effective and working with the EHR vendor to make improvements, a leader told Becker’s. The nine-hospital system signed an enterprise license for the solution in early March after trialing it for about a month. Epic […]

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Duke taps Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist CEO as next health system leader

David Zaas, MD, has been named CEO of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System, effective May 1, according to a March 25 news release shared with Becker’s. Dr. Zaas returns to Duke after serving as president and CEO of Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist and executive vice president of health affairs for Wake […]

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The healthcare transformation divide

Healthcare is at an inflection point. Economic pressures are mounting, reimbursement is compressing, and AI is rapidly reshaping what’s possible — both clinically and operationally. For executives across the country, the question is no longer whether transformation is coming, but whether their organizations are ready for it. The numbers tell a stark story. The median […]

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Cleveland Clinic expands 2 executives’ roles

Cleveland Clinic has made several leadership appointments across its U.S. and UK markets. Jorge Guzman, MD, was named executive vice president of the U.S. markets, overseeing the Northeast Ohio and Florida markets, a health system spokesperson said in a March 25 statement shared with Becker’s. The expanded role aligns leadership across the system’s two largest […]

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