Surprise! The Most Watched OPEN MINDS Executive Roundtable Sessions of 2024

So, the past three weeks have been a bit of a surprise for every executive—for a number of reasons.

On the almost mundane side of things, we have the spate of bankruptcies and closures in the field. The hospital sector saw five major bankruptcy filings in 2024—the largest of which was Steward Health Care and the most recent, Prospect Medical. The list also includes CarePoint Health Systems, Washington Regional Medical Center, and Emergency Hospital Systems (see Healthcare Bankruptcies Dip In 2024, Though Providers Remain Under Pressure). Hundreds of rural hospitals are threatened with closure (see Rural Hospitals At . . .