title: Getting back in the race. Retired healthcare executives are being lured back into the office as organizations look for experienced leaders to take the reins.
abstract: All the young whippersnappers better look out--the veterans are coming back to show how it's done. More and more as of late, executives who chucked the 80-hour workweek grind are coming out of retirement to take the helm at beleaguered healthcare systems. MedCath Corp. board Chairman Steve Puckett, at left, says experience counts for a lot when handing over such responsibility.
authors.forename: Mary Chris
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Jaklevic
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002322:Career Mobility; D016542:Chief Executive Officers, Hospital; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups; D012179:Retirement; D014481:United States; D014931:Women, Working