Comparison of quality measures from US hospitals with physician vs nonphysician chief executive officers.
See H, Shreve L, Hartzell S, et al. Comparison of quality measures from US hospitals with physician vs nonphysician chief executive officers. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(10):e2236621. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.36621.
Hospital leadership has an instrumental role in fostering patient safety. This cross-sectional study examined differences in hospital quality measures between hospitals who have a physician chief executive officer (CEO) vs. those who have a non-physician CEO. Researchers identified a correlation between hospitals with a physician CEO and patient willingness to recommend the hospital, but did not find any significant relationship between CEO background and performance on quality metrics.