In a recent Massachusetts General Hospital webinar, Neil Naik, MD, emergency medicine simulation education director at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City, offered physicians suggestions on how to improve their bedside manner as they transitioned to providing care via telemedicine, which for...
The percentage of older adults who had ever participated in a telehealth visit rose from 4% in May 2019 to 30% in June 2020, according to the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging. However, the poll also found that these patients still considered in-office visits more effective,...
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, many MSPs across the country have transitioned to working remotely and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Managing these virtual teams presents some different challenges and new twists on traditional team building and conflict resolution. Here...
Tennessee-based Ballad Health dismissed Nathan Smith, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon who invited then-CEO of Bristol Regional Medical Center Greg Neal to participate in a surgery without a medical license. Neal was in the operating room to observe the procedure, but upon Smith’s invitation, he...
Conducting an intervention with a practitioner who is impaired, disruptive, or performing poorly can be emotionally draining for even the most experienced physician leader. The process is made a bit easier if the leader is prepared. Therefore, plan, practice, and then carry out the intervention...
The CEO of Bristol (Tennessee) Regional Medical Center was asked to step down after health system officials learned he took part in a surgical procedure at the hospital.
Greg Neal, former CEO of Bristol and president of Ballad Health’s northeast market, admitted that he made the initial...
