There is much being said in the media about the current healthcare workforce shortage, which I believe has the potential to be the next public health crisis. The numbers are real. The total of open positions at Baystate Health peaked at nearly 2,000 in 2021, but recently leveled off at 1,650, more than double our pre-pandemic state. We are not alone.
Blessing Health System named the next president and CEO Thursday morning. Brian Canfield will become President and Chief Executive Officer of Blessing Heath after the Oct. 6 retirement of Maureen Kahn. Blessing Health consists of Blessing and the Illini Community Hospitals, Hannibal Clinic, a provider group and network of rural health clinics, college of nursing and health sciences, a charitable foundation, and durable medical equipment/biomedical/linen services business.
San Juan Regional Medical Center officials have announced the hiring of a man who was born in Roswell and has spent part of his career at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center as the hospital's new president and chief executive officer. Jason Rounds will take over as the hospital’s CEO in early May, according to a news release. He now serves as the chief administrative officer and associate vice chancellor for clinical finance at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.