When talking about his decision to take on various medical staff leadership roles,James J. Fitzgibbon, MD, FAAP,says it was simply expected of all of medical staff members as part of their citizenship. However, Fitzgibbon’s long, rich history as a medical...
Only 20% of physicians feel engaged with the organization they work for, according to a survey conducted by athenahealth. The 2016 Physician Leadership and Engagement Index asked physicians to answer three questions about their institutions: whether the organization inspires them to go above and...
Moral distress, or the “disequilibrium resulting from the recognition of and inability to react ethically to a situation,” has long been associated with some bedside nurses’ experiences during fraught care situations. But the phenomenon is not unique to the nursing frontlines, according to a new...
