Healthcare professional symbolically moving from 2025 to 2026, representing future leadership skills for healthcare executives

Looking Ahead: The Top Leadership Skills Every Healthcare Executive Will Need in 2026

The healthcare landscape continues to evolve at a pace that challenges even the most seasoned leaders. From rising workforce expectations to increasingly complex regulatory demands, executives and managers must not only respond to change, they must anticipate it. As we move into 2026, the leaders who thrive will be those who blend strategic foresight with […]
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Flat lay image of a notebook titled “The Leadership Holiday Wish List: What Healthcare Executives Want for Their Teams in 2026” on a bright yellow desk with a laptop, coffee mug, glasses, pen, sticky notes, and a small gift.

The Leadership Holiday Wish List: What Healthcare Executives Want for Their Teams in 2026

As 2025 winds down, healthcare executives and managers are already looking ahead toward new regulations, evolving patient needs, shifting reimbursement structures, and a workforce that is more fatigued than ever. The holiday season offers a moment to pause and reflect on what leaders truly want for their teams in the year ahead. And this year’s […]
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Healthcare worker wearing blue medical gloves holding a small wrapped holiday gift with a red ribbon, with soft festive lights blurred in the background and a green text banner that reads “Working the Holidays in Healthcare: Why We Show Up (and Why it Still Feels Like a Gift).”

Working the Holidays in Healthcare: Why We Show Up (and Why it Still Feels Like a Gift)

Most people count down to the holidays with travel plans, matching pajamas, and a fridge full of casseroles. Healthcare workers? We’re counting IV bags, checking vitals, and trying to remember if it’s Thursday or Christmas Eve. And, you know what? It’s okay — because our version of the holidays comes with a special kind of […]
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Illustration of a balance scale comparing a woman on one side with semaglutide medication and a pill bottle on the other, representing the question of whether semaglutide is a game-changer or a cause for concern in diabetes care.

World Diabetes Day Spotlight: Semaglutide & Diabetes—A Game-Changer or Cause for Concern?

Published November 14 – World Diabetes Day Every year on November 14, healthcare professionals, patients, and advocates around the globe come together to recognize World Diabetes Day—a day dedicated to awareness, education, prevention, and empowerment. This year, one medication continues to dominate headlines, clinic discussions, and social media buzz: Semaglutide. Some call it groundbreaking. Others […]
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Photo-realistic horror movie poster titled “Nightmare on Compliance Street” featuring a frightened nurse in teal scrubs crouching under a pile of paperwork. Dim orange and blue lighting gives an eerie 1980s movie feel. Behind her, a dark door is slightly open with a glowing eye peeking through. The walls feature phrases like “HIPAA Hauntings,” “CMS’s Curse of Documentation,” “TJC,” and “OSHA’s Phantom of Safety.”

Nightmare on Compliance Street: Surviving the Horrors of Healthcare Regulation

It was a dark and stormy night in the healthcare organization. The halls echoed with the sound of clicking keyboards and frantic whispers. Somewhere in the distance… the Compliance Officer screamed. Welcome to Nightmare on Compliance Street, where even the bravest healthcare professionals shudder at the thought of audits, citations, and that ominous knock from […]
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A Day in the Life of a Case Manager

Ever wonder what a day in the life of a case manager may look like? We’re part nurse, therapist, record keeper, educator, advocate, planner, cost-saver, coordinator, and resource wrangler—and that’s all before lunch. On any given day, we’re also detectives, doctor whisperers, motivational speakers, medical interpreters, and, somehow, the glue holding a care plan together. […]
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Making a Difference in Long-Term Care: How to Become a Social Service Designee

Have you ever asked yourself if your work matters, or if you’ve made a difference in another person’s life? If you work in the Social Service department of a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), then the answer is an emphatic YES! Social Service Directors, Designees, and Assistants help long-term residents and short-term “patients” get through some […]
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Burnout & Suicide in Nursing: What Nurses Need Now

Burnout remains high across U.S. nursing and is linked with elevated suicide risk for registered nurses compared with non–healthcare workers. Addressing this is both a moral imperative and a patient safety necessity.   By the numbers (latest high-quality sources) In a joint American Nurses Foundation/McKinsey survey (n=7,419; May 2023), 56% of nurses reported burnout symptoms […]
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