“Medicine is a team sport — and every team member has a specific role to perform in the delivery of high-quality, safe, compassionate, effective, efficient and affordable health care.”
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As a medical staff leader, you most likely had to deal with situations that required new nonclinical skills. This may have included conflict management, leading change/performance improvement initiatives, or learning more about your personality style and finding more effective ways to...
Despite popular belief that hiring physicians has a negative impact on a hospital’s finances, the results of a new survey of 47 health systems show that a majority reported no change in financial performance because of employed physicians.
Inappropriate communication among physicians and other hospital staff can take many forms—from verbal outbursts and threats to failing to complete medical records or notes in a timely fashion. Whether overt or subtle, these behaviors undermine team interactions, creating an uncomfortable,...
