News: Leadership

History holds a lesson for Americans still reeling from the 2016 election. The characteristics of true leadership—hard work, resilience and virtue among them—seemed to disappear over the past year

Academicians are rational, educated and evidence-driven beings who'd like to think they're beyond bias ? or at least, that they can put it aside.

In an environment threatened by less funding, academic medical centers across the nation risk having to shift their research missions from "advancing science" to "preserving science." Speakers from 5 university...

How we communicate evolves as we learn, grow and become more sophisticated. The same scientists whose scholarly beginnings started with "See Spot Run" or "Green Eggs and Ham" publish papers...

With the Sunshine Act, even in the months leading up to its passage, the number of financial disclosures required of researchers and physicians exploded. Here's just a small sample of...

Founded by Salman Khan in 2006, Khan Academy is a non-profit provider of online educational resources for many topics. About 18 months ago, and with insight from the 2012 AAMC...

Medicare is a complicated tangle of ever-evolving regulations, and a major source of funding for hospitals. Tracking the shifting policy landscape is a corps of government relations experts at the...

The stress can be monumental and overpowering. Medical school is a lesson in life, as much as it is in practicing medicine. University of Utah Associate Vice President for Clinical...

What if our nation's health industry leaders put their personal agendas aside and came together to collectively fix health care?

University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics CEO David Entwistle discusses what transparency means when it comes to health care, and what people can expect when they attend Monday's 3:30pm session...

What are the three things AHA members should have on their radar that are happening in Washington, D.C.?

Are physicians unknowingly compromising the quality of care by discouraging nurse input in the process? Barbara Lewis, founder of Joan's Bill of Rights, asked nurses that question and their answers...

The global rise of tech companies like Amazon, Apple and Google happened because they paid attention to the hassles consumers faced buying books, renting movies or using their cell phones.

Being impatient and disagreeable generally are not considered admirable qualities. But Malcolm Gladwell suggests they may be exactly the characteristics needed to drive innovation forward. He points to Apple founder...