Recently added articles from Physician Executive:
The "other" role of chaplains.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2009; ... In "Hospital Chaplains: What, Who and Why?" published in the March/April 2009, issue of The Physician Executive 35(2), Richard Thompson provides us with a wonderful overview of the role of hospital chaplains relative to patients and their families. In the context of the review of the ...
Texas University gets smart using dummies.(Patient Safety)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... A big Texas nursing school dives headlong into high-tech simulation, aiming to graduate students who can hit the ground running with employers. At Smart Hospital, students practice till they get it right. Sometimes that means killing their ...
CMO or VPMA--is there a difference?(Special Report: Chief Medical Officers)(Survey)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... A new survey looks at the similarities and differences between CMOs and VPMAs. The demand for physician leadership is increasing as organizations seek to effectively align the medical staff, manage advanced medical and information technology, and ...
CMOs: the new generation.(Special Report: Chief Medical Officers)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... Look at how the role of the CMO has evolved to take on physician management, quality and patient safety, regulatory compliance, governance and system-level responsibilities. One of the most rewarding elements of our work at VHA is the opportunity ...
Quality and compliance: the dual responsibilities of the chief medical officer.(Special Report: Chief Medical Officers)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... Chief medical officers are at the center of the quality-compliance dyad of the health care provider organizations and should report directly to the board to allow freedom to properly protect organizations and their medical staffs. You are the ...
Integrated health care economics: part 1: are specialty physician services revenues reliable predictors of community health system financial performance?(Original Research)(Statistical table)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... A new study finds that specialty physician services revenues are not necessarily good predictors of overall health system financial performance. Clinical service line strategies are popular in community health system business development planning ...
Search for meaning: centers of excellence, service lines and institutes.(Organizational Structure)(Organization overview)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... Take a look at how one hospital defines its service lines and centers of excellence. Differentiation is critical in today's competitive health care environment. Recognizing patient-centered care as a primary strategy for differentiation, many ...
Don't be put out by throughput in the emergency department.(Emergency Medicine)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... Take a look at ways to successfully develop a surge protocol for an emergency department. The crazy and unpredictable environment of the emergency department has been described in drama and comedy by popular media. In reality, the busy emergency ...
The five stages of acceptance of quality initiatives by the medical staff.(Quality)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... Consider the various reactions that physicians and other health care workers experience when trying to implement new patient safety measures. In 1969 Elizabeth Kubler-Ross described the five stages of dying, which helped us understand and better ...
Getting past second base with recruiters.(Recruiting)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... Learn the do's and don'ts of successfully interviewing with a physician executive recruiter. Landing a prestigious job that has been outsourced to an executive recruiter can be compared to rounding the bases of a baseball diamond. ...
6 techniques for creative problem solving.(Creativity)
May 01, 2009; ... In this article ... Examine some of the techniques that physicians and physician executives can use to foster creativity in solving complex institutional problems. As organizations strive for ways to control health care spending, address the growing needs of an aging ...
The coaching mindset.(The Coaches Corner)(Labor relations)
May 01, 2009; ... Everyone has a built-in desire to set things right. It's part of our nature. When we see something wrong we naturally want to fix it; we want to close the gap between the way things are and the way we think they should be. This is called the righting reflex, and physicians ...
Bankrolling your growing medical business in a tough economy.(Finance)
May 01, 2009; ... All companies need capital. Growing companies, and new businesses, invest capital in recruiting and training new staff, developing programs and improving facilities, investing in technology, and marketing and advertising. When these programs succeed, the business must then fund ...
The easiest way to stop change in its tracks.(Change)
May 01, 2009; ... How often have you begun working on a project only to find that you are already floundering soon after you have started? Or worse, you announce the start of a new initiative and your staff groans, "Oh no, here we go again." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perhaps one of the ...
Strategies for tapping into your potential--part 1.(Careers)
May 01, 2009; ... When I first met Jerry he was VP of information technology at a prestigious hospital in a large metropolitan city. Reporting to the CIO he was responsible for all IT operations including the transition to a new software platform. In his mid-40S, he showed real potential to take ...
Hard times in health care: homeless people to the rescue.(Ethical Aspects)
May 01, 2009; ... In 2008, three California hospitals were accused of involvement in a scheme to defraud Medicare. Allegedly, the hospitals contracted with a recruiting company to go to skid row and bring homeless "patients" to the hospital. The patients, who were paid $20- $30 and cigarettes, ...
Physician executives and nurses team up to fight disruptive behavior.(ACPEnews)
May 01, 2009 ... Screaming matches in the OR. Surgical instruments hurled across the room. Ominous threats, biting insults and dripping sarcasm. When doctors and nurses can't get along, no one wins. In addition to creating an unpleasant working environment, patient safety can be severely ...
Physician in Management Seminar updated for InterAct.(ACPEnews)(American College of Physician Executives)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... ACPE is pleased to announce our InterAct course, the Physician in Management Seminar, has been completely updated for 2009. The updated course includes presentations by new ACPE faculty members for: * Negotiation Skills by Linda Babcock, PhD * Management Skills by ...
ACPE launches convenient, new weekend PIM.(ACPEnews)(American College of Physician Executives)(Physician in Management Seminar)(Conference news)(Brief article)
May 01, 2009 ... The American College of Physician Executives will launch a blended learning version of the highly popular Physician in Management Seminar (PIM) July 31 - August 2 at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point, CA. "We've been considering ways to give more physicians the ...
New certified physician executive recounts the February Tutorial in Tampa.(ACPEnews)
May 01, 2009; ... Aahh. ... sunshine outside, but inside there's the Certified Physician Executive Tutorial (CPE) in Tampa, FL, February 2009. First the Disclaimer: No disruptive physicians were confronted, injured or had performance improvement plans implemented during the course of this CPE ...