Becker's Hospital Review

36 WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP 13 women making moves in healthcare By Nika Schoonover e following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since Oct. 7. 1. Melinda Hancock was promoted at Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare from senior corporate vice president to executive vice president. 2. Shannon Murphy was promoted to chief of staff to the president and CEO of Sentara Healthcare. 3. Dorothy Urschel, DNP, was selected to take over as president and CEO of Albany Med Health System's Columbia Memorial Health in Hudson, N.Y. 4. Kim Kaas was promoted to vice president for operations- population health at Cinicinatti Children's in Ohio. 5. Amanda McNicholas, DNP, CRNP, was named chief advanced practice provider at West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health. 6. Christy Wilson was named the new CFO of Birmingham, Ala.-based Princeton Baptist Medical Center. 7. Leena Munjal was named chief strategy officer at Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 8. Jennifer Hart was named vice president of digital marketing at Chicago-based St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. 9. Mandy Richards, MSN, RN, was named chief nursing executive at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare. 10. Claire Hubbard was selected as chief nursing officer for HCA Healthcare UK's Harborne Hospital. 11. Sharon Morrow was named the new CEO of Bon Secours Dublin. 12. Kayleen Lee was named interim CEO of St. Anthony's Hospital in O'Neill, Neb. 13. Brittney Weis was named director of marketing and communications for Hutchinson (Kan.) Regional Healthcare System. n Female leaders leaving companies at highest rate in years By Kelly Gooch F emale leaders are leaving their companies at the highest rate in years as they seek more from their workplaces, according to a new study on the state of women in corporate America. The 2022 "Women in the Workplace" study is the lat- est one from LeanIn.Org and McKinsey and Co., which launched the study in 2015. This year's study is based on information from more than 330 participating organiza- tions employing more than 12 million people. Research- ers also surveyed more than 40,000 employees and inter- viewed women of diverse identities, including women of color, LGBTQ women and women with disabilities. The study found that female leaders, including senior managers, vice presidents and those in the C-suite, are leaving their jobs at the highest rate — 10.5 percent in 2021, compared to 9 percent for men — since McKinsey and LeanIn.Org started collecting attrition data from com- panies in 2017. "Now companies have a new pipeline problem. Women leaders are leaving their companies at the highest rate in years, and the gap between women and men leaders leaving is the largest we've ever seen," McKinsey and Le- anIn.Org wrote in their report about the study. "To put the scale of the problem in perspective: for every woman at the director level who gets promoted to the next level, two women directors are choosing to leave their company." The study cited three key reasons why women leaders are leaving their jobs: they "want to advance, but they face stronger headwinds than men"; they are overworked and not recognized enough; and their desire for a better work culture.n Patients more likely to drop 'Dr.' when messaging female physicians, study finds By Mackenzie Bean P atients are more likely to refer to female physicians by their first name in electronic messaging compared to male physicians, a study published Oct. 5 in JAMA Network Open found. Researchers from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic analyzed 29,498 messages sent through the system's EHR from 14,958 patients between Oct. 1, 2018 and Sept. 30, 2021. Female physicians were more than twice as likely as their male counterparts to be called by their first name, even after researchers adjusted for various factors such as patient gender, physician age and specialty. "To our knowledge, this is the first study to objectively identify patterns of addressing physicians through electronic messaging and may reveal potential bias," researchers wrote, adding that the study may not be generalizable as it was only conducted at one health system. n

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