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33 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 33 CEO / STRATEGY 10 health system CEOs pledge to improve healthcare worker protections By Kelly Gooch T en health system CEOs nationwide have signed the CEO Declaration of Principles, outlining a three-pillar renewed commit- ment to improve safety, well-being and equity for healthcare workers. The declaration expands the safety definition to include safeguarding psychological and emotion- al well-being of healthcare workers, promoting health justice by declaring equity and anti-racism as core safety components, and ensuring physical safety of healthcare workers through a zero-harm program and access to personal protective equip- ment, technology, tools and processes, according to the coalition website. "We are taking collective actions to protect health- care workers at every level to ensure they have the systems, tools and resources they need and deserve to feel safe and thrive," Cleveland Clinic CEO Tom Mihaljevic, MD, said in a March 4 news release. "A new definition of safety will restore trust, protect the well-being of healthcare workers and recruit and re- tain individuals to the healing professions." Dr. Mihaljevic is one of the 10 health system CEOs who have signed the declaration. e other CEO coalition co-founders and co-authors of the declaration are: • Susan Ehrlich, MD, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital • Robert Garrett, Hackensack (N.J.) Meridian Health • Marc Harrison, MD, Intermountain Health- care (Salt Lake City) • Rod Hochman, MD, Providence (Renton, Wash.) • Laura Kaiser, SSM Health (St. Louis) • Anne Klibanski, MD, Mass General Brigham (Boston) • Wright Lassiter, Henry Ford Health System (Detroit) • Johnese Spisso, UCLA Hospital System (Los Angeles) • Andrea Walsh, HealthPartners (Bloomington, Minn.) n Amazon faces exodus of 45 top execs — here's why By Ayla Ellison A mazon is navigating its biggest leadership change ever, with the resignation of its CEO and the departure of at least 45 other top executives, Insider reported April 21. Forty-five vice presidents and senior executives have left Amazon over a 15-month period ending in April, according to the Insider analysis. Nine of the executives had been with the company for more than 20 years, while another 11 had been with Amazon for more than a decade. "The risk-reward isn't there for big leaders to stay at Amazon right now," a former company executive told Insider. "It would not surprise me if 2021 has more VP attrition than 2020." Amazon, which has approximately 350 vice presidents, experienced a turnover rate of more than 10 percent at the vice-presidential level and above over the 15-month period analyzed. Seven of the executives who left the company since the beginning of 2020 spoke to Insider on the condition of anonymity. They cited several reasons for the executive departures, including Amazon's cul- ture and opportunities for better pay or a chance to join a C-suite. At least 15 of the executives who left Amazon went on to get a C-level position in their new jobs, according to Insider. An Amazon spokesperson told Insider that the company has great retention and continuity of leadership. "The average tenure is 10 years for our vice presidents and more than 17 for our senior vice presidents," the spokesperson said. "Like with any company, people leave from time to time for personal or pro- fessional reasons — many return to the company over the course of their careers." n UnitedHealth CEO: Most negative effects from pandemic will recede next year By Morgan Haefner A ndrew Witty, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group, said many negative effects felt by the insurer during the COVID-19 pandemic will fade in 2022, according to Bloomberg. Before the start of 2021, UnitedHealth said it expected net earnings of $16.90 to $17.40 per share this year, which included about $1.80 per share in potentially unfavorable effects from increased COVID-19 treatment and testing costs, the residual effect of patients deferring care in 2020 and unemployment. Mr. Witty said May 11 "the bulk" of those negative effects will fade next year. He made the comment during the Bank of America Secu- rities 2021 Virtual Health Care Conference, according to Bloomberg. "Our Plan A assumption is that COVID impacts start to recede in 2022," he said. n