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Facing New Challenges in Healthcare, CEOs and Boards Must Be in Sync

As financial and economic pressure continues to intensify for health systems, academic medical center leadership has never been more challenging.

Before becoming a principal with ECG, Tim Babineau, MD, spent 10 years as president and CEO of Lifespan, an academic health system affiliated with Brown University’s medical school. In this article for the Governance Institute, he talks with ECG partner Dan Harrison about his experiences in that role and why CEOs need to be in sync with their boards.



This article was originally published in the Governance Institute in August 2023.

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Timothy J Babineau, MD

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Dan Harrison

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