Recently added articles from Healthcare Executive:
PARTNERS IN CHANGE: PHYSICIANS AND HOSPITALS ALIGNING FOR SUCCESS
Jul 01, 2009; ... The hospital-physician relationship continues to increase in importance as the trend toward integration of medical practices grows. Strengthening this relationship is key to improving patient care and enhancing the healthcare organization's competitive position. While the partnership can be ...
Hospital-Physician Relations
Jul 01, 2009; ... With the challenges healthcare organizations face and with healthcare reform taking shape, hospital-physician relations have never been more critical. In "Partners in Change: Physicians and Hospitals Aligning for Success" (pages 8-14), Deborah Popely examines the increasing ...
Ethical Uncertainty and Staff Stress
Jul 01, 2009; ... Moral distress has negative consequences for healthcare organizations. Ethical uncertainty and conflicts are encountered regularly by both healthcare executives and clinicians. There is a growing understanding that organizational and clinical ethical conflicts have a significant ...
The Leader as Coach
Jul 01, 2009; ... Effective coaching is key to patient satisfaction and quality care. In today's environment healthcare organizations must do everything they can to provide impressive service and quality care. But, great service doesn't just happen. Successful organizations put in place the right ...
The Role of the Medical Staff in Meeting Community Benefit
Jul 01, 2009; ... Getting physician collaboration to address community needs While tax-exempt hospitals have always been charged with providing services to segments of the community that otherwise would not have access, several factors in the last few years have made these efforts more important than ...