Developing Physician Leaders For Successful Clinical Integration

Winner of the 2014 ACHE James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award The changes coming from health reform legislation, cost reduction, work redesign, growth in physician employment, greater consumer involvement, the introduction of ACOs, and the emphasis on value-based purchasing are having a profound and long-term impact on healthcare. Clinical integration is a must, and inclusion of physician leaders is essential for successful clinical integration. For healthcare organizations to maximize their potential during this transition, effective physician leadership is needed more than ever. Unlike other physician leadership books, this is an intensified examination of the development of clinically integrated organizations and the significantly expanded physician leadership role within them. Together Dye and Sokolov evaluate multiple clinically integrated organizations, clinical models, business models, and techniques to involve physicians to a greater degree. They also offer insights and suggestions on the cutting-edge topic of clinical integration and explore in detail the role physician leadership will play in the future. Themes include: Making physicians key stakeholders in the clinical transformation, business modeling, and strategy development Identifying physicians who have a propensity for leadership Understanding the difference between management and leadership Addressing issues physicians face as they make the transition from clinical roles to leadership positions Embracing clinical integration--why this new entity calls for greater physician leadership and how to build a successful clinically integrated organization Learning from case studies and practical approaches Creating leadership development programs with an emphasis on the experiential side of leader development Examining on the significant impact of physician leadership derailment as compared with other leaders

The Six P's of Physician Leadership is an executive and academically focused primer that identifies six essential issues for every current, up and coming, and potential physician leader that they can incorporate in their daily work and life. It brings a fresh understanding on the topics of people, presence, politics, process, perspective, and principles of business that are targeted to physician leaders but with universal application in leadership development. The authors explore each of the P's in unequal amounts and raise your awareness of their relevance to physician leadership. Written from experience gained as a physician executive and a business strategist who has worked to understand the essence of the dilemmas and challenges faced by physicians in the transition from the cottage industry of the twentieth-century to today's evolving clinically integrated care delivery environment. The book concludes with a glimpse of additional critical issues that include governance, career management and work-life balance. Becoming a leader and remaining a great leader is a personal journey of self-development. In the physician realm, there are minimal resources directed to their unique circumstances. With a global health care system that is rapidly evolving in the digital age more physician leaders will be required to champion organizational transformation across the global healthcare landscape. An industry level renaissance to support systemic challenges is occurring in healthcare and the need to cultivate leadership essentials has never been more important.

Recognizing that medical faculty face different questions or issues in different stages of their careers, this handy, practical title offers a comprehensive roadmap and range of solutions to common challenges in the complex and changing Academic Medical Center (AMC). With critical insights and strategies for both aspiring and seasoned academicians, this handbook offers a concise guide for personal career development, executive skill acquisition, and leadership principles, providing actionable, targeted advice for faculty seeking help on a myriad of new issues and situations. Pressures in today’s Academic Medical Center include significant changes to the healthcare system, competition for research funding, transformation of medical education, and recruitment and retention of the ever-evolving workforce. This dynamic environment calls for razor-sharp leadership and management effectiveness to stay competitive. AMC faculty aspire to formal leadership roles for a variety of reasons: to set a new vision, to create change, or to affect policy and resource decisions. For others, weariness of past leadership styles or mistakes may catalyze wanting a chance to set a different tone. In the end, promotional opportunities often come with great administrative and management responsibilities. Management and Leadership Skills for Medical Faculty: A Practical Handbook is a must-have resource for faculty in AMCs and anyone with a role in healthcare leadership.

Many healthcare leaders recognize that in an ever-evolving landscape, physician engagement is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Highly engaged physicians help their organizations navigate changing delivery and payment models, improve clinical outcomes, and meet patient demands for better access to safe, quality care. Yet, understanding what physician engagement truly is--and how you can successfully implement it--can be confounding. Enhanced Physician Engagement, Volume 1: What Is It, Why You Need It, and Where to Begin looks at physician engagement as a strategic and tactical priority. Drawing on more than 40 years of healthcare leadership and management experience, editor Carson F. Dye starts by offering a focused definition of engagement and explaining why physicians should play an active role in governance, leadership, and management. He shares two models to help you understand the book's foundational concepts and visualize what physician engagement can look like in your own organization. In the book's following chapters, recognized physician leaders provide personal viewpoints on what successful physician engagement is, share their approaches to developing strategy, and defi

Clinical leadership and teamwork improve the quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery. Due to this, a growing number of healthcare systems are requiring their clinicians to participate in formal leadership training programs, but instructors face the challenge of how to successfully develop and measure these programs. Preparing Physicians to Lead in the 21st Century provides innovative insights into improving healthcare delivery and the impact of formal leadership training on the personal and professional life of medical professionals. It examines the form, function, and design of clinical leadership programs and their relationships to value-based decision making and creating a successful organized learning climate. Highlighting topics such as program assessment, cohort relationships, and clinical leadership standards, this book is designed for educators, instructional designers, medical professionals, researchers, and academicians.

When launching cost-saving or quality improvement efforts, healthcare payors and providers often fail to consider one major factor: the resistance they are almost certain to encounter from their medical staffs. Intent upon patient responsibilities, many physicians are neither cost-focused nor open to administrative changes. In this special report, "Bringing Doctors On Board: Cultivating Physician Leaders and Reducing Pushback," a panel of experts describes a variety of tools including skills assessment, communications, incentives and marketing that can turn physician "push-back" into support, ensuring the success of new programs while developing physician leadership at their organizations. You'll hear from Mary Anne Graf, Vice President, Women's & Children's Services, Bon Secours Health System; Dr. Manuel Lowenhaupt, National Practice Leader, CapGemini; and Dr. Mark Wenneker, Consulting Manager, The Bard Group on theories, application and results of physician engagement programs. This report is based on the January 26, 2005 audio conference "Physician Engagement: Tools and Strategies to Get Reluctant Physicians on Board" during which Graf, Lowenhaupt and Wenneker described how to engage physicians, including strategies and case studies. You'll get details on: -Tools and strategies to motivate physicians; -Keys to physician engagement; and -Creating physician alignment through marketing.Table of Contents Tools and Strategies to Motivate Reluctant Physicians -Seven Key Physician Engagement Tactics -Put Yourself in Your Physicians Shoes -Sample Physician Survey on Order Entry Use -Sample Hospital/Medical Staff Relationship Scorecard -Methods to Gain Physician Buy-In -Recommended Methods for Incenting Doctors -The Ladder of Learning -Getting the Message OutFive Keys to Physician Engagement -Case Study Overview -Blueprint for Success -Identifying Potential Physician Leaders -Coaching Strategies for Developing Leaders -Using Physician Input Effectively -Organizational Benefits of Engaging PhysiciansStrengthening Physician Alignment through Marketing -Barriers to Physician Alignment -Overcoming Roadblocks to Physician Engagement -Critical Components of a Succcessful Marketing Strategy -Physician Alignment Examples in Marketing and Public Relations -A New Attitude Toward Screening -Measures of Marketing SuccessQ&A: Ask the Experts -Physician Engagement in an Ambulatory Setting -Overcoming Competing Agendas in a Private Practice Model -Softening the Blow Around Financial Reality -Engaging Physicians in IT and Pay for Performance -When Physicians are Competing with Hospitals -Best Practices for Communications Programs

The Healthcare C-Suite: Leadership Development at the Top explores what senior executives can do to help others harness, strengthen, and optimize their talents and capabilities. It offers strategies for overcoming common barriers to leadership development at the C-suite level that can lead to ongoing blind spots and unrealized potential. Topics covered include: Identifying and maximizing leadership talent Understanding the position, career, and life stages that influence a leader's development Intervening when a leader is having trouble Incorporating development into everyday work Facilitating effective departures and transitions Overcoming age and tenure differences Pursuing personal growth and renewal This book's practical resources include a Developmental Interview Guide template, a grid for identifying development assignments, and an annotated listing of healthcare organizations and associations that provide continuing education programs.

This volume provides a theoretical framework for visionary leadership as well as specific management techniques to achieve success. The authors focus on maintaining a consistent set of behavioral characteristics for both the leader and the organization as a whole. The text is written in a conversational style using the authors' personal experiences and case studies to illustrate the principles and practices of successful leaders. When helpful, the large body of observational work on professional group dynamics is referenced. The text also provides ideal supplemental material for the many leadership programs offered by physician organizations and health care systems Developed by an accomplished physician leader from one of the nation's finest hospital systems and an experienced professor of business, The Best Medicine: A Physician’s Guide to Effective Leadership is of great value to physicians of all levels who are interested in improving their understanding of leadership styles and tactics.