Influence
“Profiles in Success”: Certified Physician Executives Share the Value and ROI of their CPE Education
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.
Quality Improvement
Lean Six Sigma and Process Improvement in Healthcare with Owen J. Dahl
Owen J. Dahl, MBA, FACHE, LSSMBB
Owen Dahl discusses the application of Lean Six Sigma principles in healthcare to improve efficiency, patient experience, and outcomes. He highlights the importance of measuring processes, reducing waste, and engaging staff in continuous improvement. Dahl explains the Lean Six Sigma belt system and emphasizes the need for physician commitment to foster a culture of efficiency. He also underscores the benefits of involving employees in process improvements, leading to better patient care and increased practice revenue.
Self-Awareness
Where Has the Awe in Medicine Gone? Part I
Neil Baum, MD
Remember your first white coat, the exhilaration of delivering a baby, or hearing mitral stenosis for the first time? Discover how awe benefits healthcare providers.
Communication Strategies
Surviving (and Finding Ways to Thrive) With Difficult Leader Phenotypes
Bryan N. Becker, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, Mark Hallman, MHA, John Roy, MHA, Mary Jo Smith, MA
In healthcare, strong leadership is crucial. Recognizing and learning from various leader phenotypes can enhance team performance and drive organizational success.
SoundPractice
Gun Violence, Physician Leadership, and a Public Health Perspective with Dr. Megan Ranney
Megan L. Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP
Episode Overview: Host Mike Sacopulos interviews Megan Ranney, MD, MPH, FACEP, exploring her career journey and impactful work at the intersection of clinical medicine, public health, and advocacy. Ranney shares insights and actionable steps to address sy...
Self-Awareness
Ensuring Equity
LaTonya B. Washington, MD, MBA, CPE
CMOs and healthcare leaders can significantly impact diversity and equity. This article offers a framework to help CMOs build relationships to ensure patient equity and workforce diversity.
Conflict Management
When Your Actions Surprise People — and Provoke Blowback
Timothy O’Brien
When you try to raise a concern about the way your team is functioning, you may find that the conversation suddenly turns into an attack on you. Here’s why “doing the right thing” can provoke a defensive response where people dismiss your message and focus instead on you, the messenger.
New Book
Private Equity and Healthcare: Leadership, Economics, and Trends for the Future
Max Reiboldt, CPA, Coker
This comprehensive guide explores private equity in the healthcare industry. From understanding the fundamental structure to mastering strategic and tactical considerations, this book provides a clear, unbiased, and fact-based examination of this complex field.
Fighting Medical Misinformation: What Physician Leaders Need to Know
Improving Healthcare and Evolving the Physician’s Role
Taking Advantage of Health IT: Applying New Technology, Care Collaboration, and Telemedicine
The Challenges of Being a Positive Role Model for Your Employees
Surviving (and Finding Ways to Thrive) With Difficult Leader Phenotypes
Ensuring Equity
Environmental Influences
Using AI to Enhance Clinical Decision-Making with Dr. Maria Granzotti
Maria T. Granzotti, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FABQAURP, FACHE
The integration of augmented intelligence (AI) in clinical settings is revolutionizing healthcare, but it also brings its own set of challenges. In this episode, Maria Granzotti, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FABQAURP, FACHE, dives into the current landscape of clinical augmented intelligence (CAI). She defines CAI, discusses its primary purposes and benefits, and examines its potential to reduce healthcare costs.
Self-Awareness
How to Be Creative When You’re Feeling Stressed
Elizabeth Grace Saunders
When your mind feels blank and all you want to do is zone out, it’s more difficult but not impossible to experience your breakthrough. By putting yourself in the right mental state and environments, you can find your creativity.
Economics
How North Carolina Made Its Hospitals Do Something About Medical Debt
Noam N. Levey, Ames Alexander
North Carolina's ambitious plan to tackle medical debt, announced by Gov. Roy Cooper in July, faced opposition from hospitals but ultimately secured federal approval. Now, all 99 hospitals in the state must eliminate patient debt to receive Medicaid expansion funds, setting a potential national precedent.
Team Building
Reinventing Performance Management
Marcus Buckingham, Ashley Goodall
Like many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees — and then training them, promoting them, and paying them accordingly — was increasingly out of step with its objectives. It searched for something nimbler, real-time, and more individualized — something squarely focused on fueling performance in the future rather than assessing it in the past. The new system will have no cascading objectives, no once-a-year reviews, and no 360-degree-feedback tools. Its hallmarks are speed, agility, one-size-fits-one, and constant learning, all underpinned by a new way of collecting reliable performance data.
Healthcare Process
A Demonstration Project on Wellness-Centered Leadership by a Medical Staff
Thomas P. Campbell, MD, MPH
A physician-led Employee Wellness Committee was established at a hospital to foster wellness-centered leadership, aiming to reduce stress and burnout while showing appreciation to all staff. This approach not only promoted a culture of well-being among the medical staff but also provided a model for other healthcare organizations to follow.