A structured, formal education process is the best way to ensure that every medical staff leader has at least basic understanding of the requirements and skills necessary to become an effective leader. A very basic first step is the creation of a job description for the position. This not only...
“It is time for health care professionals to step up to the plate and realize our attitudes and our tones have consequences. Every patient in our...Read More »
Swedish Health of Seattle is challenging an arbitrator’s decision to award $17.5 million to a neurosurgeon fired last year. David Newell, MD,...Read More »
In dual-physician couples, women with children worked fewer hours than women without children but similar differences in hours worked were not...Read More »
Every day in the news, you can’t help but hear about the terrible impact of overuse and addiction to opioids. As our country desperately searches...Read More »
"We have been mentored by most of our role models to use a single tool for handling our emotions in medicine, and that is to compartmentalize them...Read More »
