Improving the patient’s experience is not easy because it often requires a change in the overall culture of the healthcare organization.

Corey Conrath is service line medical director for Marshfield Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He describes here the importance of occupational health.

In recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis after the next, it’s easy to get stuck in a near-singular focus on the short term. But at the same...

This article discusses the concept of walk-in retail clinics and their benefits to both patients and providers.

What do you want to be when you grow up? That’s a question posed to young people from their earliest days in school. By the time they finish college, many top U.S. students answer, “A consultant.”

Leaders in the hospital-at-home movement find the at-home units require significant resources, but they generate high satisfaction from clinicians and patients alike and reduce the need to build more inpatient facilities.

You may be an expert at running your business unit or leading your team. But do you know how to advance your agenda across an organization, particularly if you have an idea that will impact its strategic direction? This article offers four key domain...

Healthcare delivery modeled on productivity and efficiency can lead to physical injury and burnout. Physical injuries among surgeons in the operating room are common, underreported, and largely preventable.

What can physician leaders glean from the topic of population health to understand how care inequity between populations can be addressed? One word to consider is the term “collaboration.”

The Catholic hierarchy and lines of authority begin with the pope, extend to the bishops, and then to the priests. Fundamental to Catholicism is the belief in a line of spiritual authority that Jesus gave to the apostle Peter and to every pope throug...

The American Board of Internal Medicine has a long tradition and a critical role in healthcare in the United States. The ABIM, most recently, has taken on the issue of medical misinformation and how it has contributed to the deterioration of trust in...

Do you know if your hospital is Catholic? Do you know what that means for your care and your community? Explore the origins, evolution, and the present-day implications of the Catholic healthcare system in the United States.