American Association for Physician Leadership

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August 13, 2024

The “dismal science” of economics and our clickbait culture of public discourse are a perfect match to fuel simplistic narratives of doom. To avoid false alarms and achieve a true assessment of macroeconomic risks, the authors write, leaders should l...

July 30, 2024

In this article, the authors introduce readers to the main kinds of retail media, discuss three strategic challenges that they present, and provide guidance for effectively managing those challenges.

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This quality improvement project identified waste by auditing and updating surgical instrumentation preference cards (SIPCs) for the three most common procedures at a multi-center academic health system.

July 22, 2024

How much value are your customers getting from your products? Net Promoter Scores are one tool to answer that question but the authors offer another: Customer Surplus Value. The idea, drawn from economics, is to ask customers how much money they’d ne...

The essence of success in a medical practice is the human connection between the patient and the practice. That human-to-human relationship should be something the patient notices, remembers, and tells others about while describing the positive inter...

Ransomware attacks on healthcare facilities are expected to continue, and every organization should consider itself a target.

Growing competition in the hospitality industry forced astute practitioners to discover and embrace better ways to reach, engage, and serve customers. This awareness led the most successful providers to develop comprehensive profiles of customers’ pr...

June 10, 2024

Even after a woman has obtained the CEO role, challenges remain with respect to differences in behaviors they experience.

June 7, 2024

In a business environment that requires companies to adapt on an almost continuous basis, burnout is a real risk for many companies. This article describes the four key steps companies embarking on transformation initiatives should take if they are t...

Podiatric medicine and surgery are thriving because of the continued evolution of education and training in podiatric medicine and surgery combined with the demand for services for lower extremity care.

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Healthcare organizations commonly use mandatory online training modules to meet regulatory compliance and improve patient safety and quality of care. These well-intentioned efforts have increasingly burdened physicians and detracted from physician we...

May 7, 2024

The role of U.S. public boards in managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues has significantly evolved over the past five years. Despite this progress, major gaps remain, particularly in climate change and worker welfare expertise. N...

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The American Association for Physician Leadership has helped physicians develop their leadership skills through education, career development, thought leadership and community building.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) changed its name from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in 2014. We may have changed our name, but we are the same organization that has been serving physician leaders since 1975.

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