March/April 2023
  1. Why Your Healthcare Organization Should Consider Morning Huddles

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Cheryl Toth, MBA, Thomas W. Zoch, MD, FACP, FACEP, CPE

    In this conversation with SoundPractice co-host Cheryl Toth, Thomas Zoch, MD, Vice President of Care Management-Clinical at Ascension Wisconsin talks about his leadership philosophy and the use of morning huddles to e...

  2. Welcome to the HALM Journal from the American Association for Physician Leadership

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)

    Every other month, the *HALM Journal* will deliver indispensable and reliable results-oriented guidance for a healthcare industry moving toward inter-professional management and leadership that positively impacts pati...

  3. Use of Botanicals in Modern Healthcare

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Neil Baum, MD, Patrick Chen See, BA

    In response to the growing popularity of botanicals, physicians must become knowledgeable about their medicinal value and be acutely aware of their side effects and their interactions with conventional pharmaceutical ...

  4. Powershift and Teambuilding: Healthcare Is Now a Team Sport

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Grace E. Terrell, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FACPE

    Optimal team-based healthcare is associated with improvement in patient outcomes and physician well-being.

  5. Patient Experience: Are You Meeting Your Patient’s Needs and Expectations?

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Timothy W. Boden, CMPE

    What’s it like to be a patient at your medical practice? Love it or hate it, the success of your medical practice will increasingly depend on a positive patient experience.

  6. Overcoming Obstacles with Performance Improvement for Critical Access Hospitals

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Baynes Welch

    The well-documented struggles critical access hospitals face can be overcome through performance improvement initiatives.

  7. Mentorship Programming to Enhance Physician Leadership Development

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Lee Scheinbart, MD, CPE

    This article discusses a strategy for mentorship training, because it is incumbent upon administrative leaders, such as practice managers or business development directors, to support their physician dyad partners and...

  8. Leading Your Healthcare Organization with Charisma

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Laura Hills, DA

    Charismatic leadership depends almost entirely on the personality of the person who is fulfilling the leadership role. This article argues that although charismatic leadership will come easily and more naturally to so...

  9. How Patients Are Using Social Media: What Every Healthcare Professional Should Know

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Janis Coffin, DO, FAAFP, FACMPE, Madison Horinek, BS

    Today’s patients have an unprecedented amount of healthcare information at their fingertips before entering a clinic for the first time. As lifelong learners, we medical professionals must continue to stay aware of wh...

  10. Finding the Financial Margin Expansion Leverage in the Medical Practice

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Daniel K. Zismer, PhD, Gary S. Schwartz, MD, MHA, Elliot D. Zismer, MS

    Physician leaders have an essential role in successfully implementing margin expansion leverage strategies. By the very nature of their unique position within their practice, physician leaders must wear two hats: that...

  11. Defensive Medicine in an Era of Ever-Expanding Technology

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Timothy E. Paterick, MD, JD, MBA

    The practice of defensive medicine is set in a medical world of expanding exponentials, including artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, quantum computing, and robotics.

  12. Communication for Healthcare Entrepreneurs and Healthcare Professionals

    HALMJ March/April 2023 Luis G. Pareras, MD, PhD

    Is communication an art or a science? The answer is not simple, but in this article we will try to show the principles that govern the “scientific” part of communication.