Recently added articles from Physician Executive:
Are you on Angie's list--yet?(Doctor Ratings)
Sep 01, 2009; Carlson, Bob ... In this article ... Meet Angie Hicks, founder of Angie's List that rates plumbers, painters and, yes, doctors. Quick! What do plumbers, painters, movers and doctors have in common? Give up? They're all service providers, of course. ...
Physician leadership is key to creating a safer, more reliable health care system.(ACPE White Paper)
Sep 01, 2009; Silbaugh, Barry R. ... In this article ... This position paper by ACPE's President and CEO outlines the value of physician leadership and explains why leadership and business activities must start and end with the patient's clinical needs foremost in mind. Unemployment, home foreclosures, ...
Time to take better care of our own.(Occupational Health Care)
Sep 01, 2009; Fabius, Raymond ... In this article ... Take a look at the advantages that big businesses may achieve by setting up their own onsite health care clinics. Some occupations are inherently dangerous. Farm workers, for example, are at high risk of injuries or death from equipment ...
Competition for providing onsite health care is heated.(Ray Fabius from Take Care Health Systems)(Occupation overview)
Sep 01, 2009; Weber, David ... When Ray Fabius, MD, talks enthusiastically about the boons of full-service onsite health care for an organization's employees, he readily admits to a potential conflict of interest. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Until it was acquired by Walgreens last year, Fabius served as ...
Wisconsin health system targets employee health.(Occupational Health Care)(Bellin Health System )(Statistical data)
Sep 01, 2009; Watson, Chris ... In this article ... Consider a case study by Bellin Health System that presents a new model for health care focused on health risk, influencing the behavior of individuals, and measuring outcomes at each level of the system. Health care expenditures in the United ...
The documentation management program: a concerto for typically unaccompanied physician executives.(Cracking Codes)
Sep 01, 2009; Block, David ... In this article ... Discover what it takes to implement a new documentation management program in a hospital. It takes a lot more than a little training by consultants. 1st Movement: Agitato You and your hospital just bought a documentation management ...
Essentials of medical management.
Sep 01, 2009; ... Packed with 15 chapters of sound advice on everything from marketing strategies, health care quality and medical errors to health law, finance and conflict management, Essentials of Medical Management should have a reserved spot on every physician executive's bookshelf. ...
Financial impact of concurrent coding.(Cracking Codes)
Sep 01, 2009; Stonemetz, Jerry ... In this article ... Discover how using an encoder during the anesthesia preoperative evaluation has the potential to enhance surgical facility revenue due to increased third-party reimbursement. Hospitals are reimbursed for inpatient admissions according to the ...
The savvy communicator: three ways to connect your information to their reality.(Communications)
Sep 01, 2009; O'Connor, Kevin E. ... In this article ... Examine three strategies to improve not only your presentation skills but also your communication abilities with your colleagues, staff, pharmaceutical representatives, vendors and patients. Picture yourself seated in a conference room waiting for ...
Establishing patient- and family-centered care in a non-academic pediatric intensive care unit.(Patient Care)
Sep 01, 2009; Adler, Jason ... In this article ... Learn how proper implementation of patient- and family-centered care can improve the safety, quality, and patient satisfaction associated with the delivery of hospital-based care. Hospitals and health care providers are being asked both by ...
Peer review: a new tool for quality improvement.(Peer Review)
Sep 01, 2009; Edwards, Marc T. ... In this article ... Consider the basic prescription for adopting the quality improvement model of peer review and use a self-evaluation to rate your current peer review program. What is the value of peer review in your organization? Is it likely that the program ...
The chief medical officer: a critical success factor.(CMOs)
Sep 01, 2009; Cors, William K. ... In this article ... As more and more hospitals create CMO positions, it's important to look for a physician executive with the right leadership skills to fill the position. There has been extensive coverage of the multitude of changes occurring in contemporary health ...
Knocking down your organization's barriers to efficiency and effectiveness.(Next!)
Sep 01, 2009; Flower, Joe ... The money for digitization and comparative effectiveness research in the ARRA ("stimulus") Act, plus this year's reform effort and its sequelae together bring us a distinct and powerful challenge: How do we bring health care to people better, faster, cheaper? And any good ...
Coaching the abrasive personality.(Communication and Conflict)
Sep 01, 2009; Hicks, Robert ... Dr. Alexander is an extremely competent neurosurgeon. He has aspirations of becoming chief of neurosurgery in a top-tier academic medical center. As you might expect, he is highly intelligent, analytical and capable of cutting to the core of a problem quickly and accurately. ...
Dealing with difficult people.(Communication and Conflict)
Sep 01, 2009; Tiffan, Bill ... "Dan, you are an acquired taste." Those words, spoken by the CEO of a large U.S. corporation to one of his senior leaders were an acknowledgement that Dan was indeed not only difficult to deal with but required that others adjust to him. I was called in to coach Dan ...
Bunches, groups and teams working together.(Teamwork)
Sep 01, 2009; Walker, Edward ... Last week I needed to see a doctor. As is often the case he was running behind, and as I sat waiting on the exam table I had a chance to reflect on the medical care I had received as a child from my family physician, Dr. Nathan. I remember Nathan as a very kind man who was a ...
Crossing the leadership bridge.(Leadership)
Sep 01, 2009; Hernandez, James S. ... Much has been written about what makes a leader successful. Few articles have mentioned what a physician leader must do in order to be successful--cross the leadership bridge from wanting to be popular to being respected. Early in one's career, physicians who aspire to be ...
The ethics of exclusivity: should doctors practice concierge medicine?(Ethical Aspects)
Sep 01, 2009; Thompson, Richard E. ... Charles Wilson, MD, is a general internist. He is employed by a large clinic that is part of Medibest Health Care (MHC). Wilson has been in practice for seven years. Even before medical school, he was already aware that doctors no longer control much of what happens in doctors' offices and ...
CEO's corner ACPE out of Africa.(ACPEnews)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 01, 2009; Silbaugh, Barry ... ACPE is proud to announce that we have 50 new international members from Nigeria as a result of our first OnSite on the African continent in June! [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eric Berkowitz, PhD, and I traveled to Lagos and Abuja in the West African nation of Nigeria to ...
Social media & MyACPE.(ACPEnews)(American College of Physician Executives)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009; ... This summer, AGPE launched a popular new page on its Web site: MyACPE (ACPE.org/MyACPE). Once logged into this page, you have one click access to a your custom ACPE information-your receipts, CME, transcripts, online tests, networks and more. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
