BECKER'S
HOSPITAL REVIEW
March / 2026 Vol. 2026 No. 3
16TH ANNUAL MEETING
April 13 - 16, 2026
Hyatt Regency // Chicago, IL
SAVE THE DATE
EXECUTIVE
EXCLUSIVES:
Warner Thomas,
president and CEO,
Sutter Health
p. 7
Jim Molly,
executive vice president,
CFO and treasurer,
Ochsner Health
p. 10
Laura Wilt,
chief digital offi cer,
Sutter Health
p. 16
Michelle Wimes,
chief people offi cer,
Children's Mercy
p. 20
Chris Harrison,
CEO, Quorum Health
p. 22
Blake Evans.
system vice president
of revenue cycle, Rush
University System for
Health
p. 23
IN THIS ISSUE:
How health system
leaders combat 'meeting
overload'
p. 8
A rural health system
COO's mission to
improve patient access
p. 11
9 systems with dual
CNO-COOs
p. 12
The area of hospital
operations changing
fastest, per 4 strategic
leaders
p. 12
'Clinical reasoning
isn't going away': How
Hackensack Meridian
teaches AI
p. 14
The medication-driven
strategy shifting cancer
care at WVU Medicine
p. 18
Health system CHROs
align siloed wellbeing
strategies
p. 20
Workforce strategies in
the fastest-growing state
p. 21
How Sutter Health is
turning AI into a people-
fi rst transformation engine
p. 16
Revenue cycle companies
target 'gap in the market'
amid rural funding surge
p. 22
CIOs weigh opportunity and
risk of embedded EHR AI
p. 17
Health systems enter 'transition
generation' p. 9
The culture
behind
Memorial
Hermann's
award-winning
nursing units
p. 13
A value-based
care 'unicorn'
in Southern
California
p. 14
