60% of the CEOs of America's "Great Health Systems" Have No Educational Background in Health Care

We have noted that US health care has been taken over by generic managers.  A recent article about the CEOs of purportedly some of America's best hospitals provides some quantitative data.A few days ago, Becker's Hospital Review published a list of the educational background of the CEOs of the "50 great health systems to know | 2015," (at least according to Becker's.  The article noted that their educational experiences took place at, Ivy League schools, small liberal arts colleges, Big Ten universities, law schools, medical schools and more.That is nice, but I decided to simply look at how many of the CEOs had educational backgrounds in medicine, other health care professions, public health, or the biomedical sciences.Here is the breakdown of their most advanced degrees:16 (32%) had medical doctorates26 (52%) had a business administration degree, all but one at the master's level, and one a doctorate.  The rest had various masters  and doctoral degrees in other fields.  Note that two of the MDs also had MBAs, and one had a JD (law degree).The business administration degrees included MBAs, but also degrees in health, hospital administration.  Of those with these degrees, one also had a bachelors degree in pharmacy, and one in biology.One CEO was listed as attending a nursing school, but no degree or certificate from that experience was listed. Comment In any case, the majority, more than 60% of the CEOs of some of America's most prestigious hospi...
Source: Health Care Renewal - Category: Health Management Tags: generic managers hospital systems Source Type: blogs