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Article: Physician leaders see eye-to-eye. (relations between physician executives and chiefs of staff)
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- Physician Executive
- Article date:
- September 1, 1991
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1991 American College of Physician Executives. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In the hospital environment, the relationship between the chief medical officer of the organization and the chief of the medical staff can be critical to the success of the institution. It is no secret that it is also critical to the success of the physician executive. Both anecdotal evidence and a smattering of articles have suggested that this relationship may be more stormy than is satisfactory for either party.
To test the validity of this anecdotal information, the College undertook a survey of its hospital-based members in July 1990. Two survey instruments were sent to a random sample or 707 hospital physician executives. The were asked to complete the ...