David Weldon

When assessing CFO candidates, hospitals today are seeking "true financial leaders" who can be strategic partners to the CEO. A CFO leader needn't be a visionary, but they do have to be a "vision enabler."

The ability to speak before any audience, to make that audience understand complex financial topics, and to win them over to your expertise and authority are critical for a CFO's success.

Healthcare has had a reputation for being one of the strongest industries for generating new jobs.

With the big push toward data collecting and using data to lower costs and improve patient care, healthcare organizations are finding themselves in need of data analysts.

In the effort to curtail the physician shortage, the industry is making a play for physicians who have left active practice.

In the past, many healthcare executives could get by with functional skills in their area of expertise, but with the pace and scope of change in the industry today, top-notch communication skills are critical.

Healthcare has had a reputation for being one of the strongest industries for generating new jobs. But recent changes in reimbursements and a shift to accountable care models have changed the dynamic in some quarters.

Healthcare organizations are creating mountains of data and to tap that data's full potential, they need data analysts.

No matter which healthcare CFO you ask, you will no doubt get the same response -- they spend the lion's share of their workweek in meetings.

Oversight contracts between nurse practitioners and physicians are not a major reason NPs are pushing for practice independence, but they are increasingly adding to NP frustrations.