These interviews and expert-written features offer a look into the healthcare industry from those who know it best: professors, practicing healthcare administrators, advocates, and leaders in professional associations.
August 12, 2026
For healthcare administrators, understanding the difference between these problems is not just academic. The financial stakes are significant. According to the 2026 NSI National Health Care Retention and RN Staffing Report, the average cost of losing a single bedside RN is $60,090, with the typical hospital losing somewhere between $4.2 million and $6.2 million annually to RN turnover.
July 28, 2026
Healthcare risk managers are often the go-to professional in a crisis, acting as a liaison between providers, patients, families, organizational leaders, and the community. Effective healthcare risk management saves lives, prevents errors, lowers costs, optimizes outcomes, and boosts public health. On the heels of the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s never been more important.
July 20, 2026
The American healthcare system has a problem with trust. According to the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), research has shown a significant decline in physicians’ trust in healthcare leaders during the Covid-19 pandemic and notable differences between how physicians and the public perceive trust. Further, experiences of discrimination also negatively affect trust in US healthcare.
July 8, 2026
The national media has been buzzing with coverage of Dr. Ralph de la Torre, the embattled former CEO of hospital industry giant Steward Health Care who stepped down in October 2024. In one of the most colossal failures of a hospital chain in American history, the Dallas-based for-profit Steward system declared bankruptcy the previous May.
June 9, 2026
Healthcare is the top target for ransomware and other cyberthreats. In 2025, there were approximately 460 ransomware attacks and 182 data breaches in the healthcare industry, for a total of 642 total cyber events—more than experienced by the financial services industry.
April 8, 2026
Alongside HHS and still within the Department of Commerce, one finds the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The BEA is responsible for producing economic statistics in general. They contribute to measuring healthcare spending as part of their calculation of GDP as a whole—the healthcare sector just happens to entail one-fifth of that total amount. They coordinate closely with NHEA and CMS on these calculations.
March 31, 2026
Healthcare has always been about data, long before the concept of digital bits and bytes entered the world: symptoms, irregularities, and other clinical observations that, taken together, informed medical judgement. Today’s healthcare is more about data than ever. That should translate into better healthcare delivery. So has it?
March 20, 2026
The shift from fee-for-service to value-based care is one of the most structurally significant changes to the US healthcare system in recent history. Under the value-based model, payment and reimbursement are directly linked to the quality of the care provided, and the patient’s experience of that care. But how does one measure patient experience, and how can healthcare administrators ensure that patient experiences are positive?
March 12, 2026
There is no doubt about it: it’s been a year of trouble and strife for human resources departments across the world. In some areas, the pandemic has forced job cuts, while in others, it has caused a scramble for fast recruiting, posing challenges for HR departments spanning nearly all industries.