September/October 2023

Physician Leadership Journal

September/October 2023

Vol. 10, No. 5 · 12 articles

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  1. What Every Doctor Needs to Know About Subpoenas

    PLJ September/October 2023 Neil Baum, MD, Lawrence Kobak, DPM, JD

    Physicians and physician practices receive subpoenas every day.

  2. Effective Crisis Leadership in Healthcare

    PLJ September/October 2023 Michael J. Sacopulos, JD, Aimee Greeter, MPH, FACHE

    If the past three years have taught us anything, it is that an unanticipated crisis may present itself at any moment. How do we prepare for the unexpected?

  3. Coaching Elite Professionals in Conflict

    PLJ September/October 2023 Robert Hicks, PhD

    This article provides insights into how to coach elite professionals through the conflicts that will assuredly arise from their day-to-day interactions in a high-stress environment.

  4. The Role of Relationships in Driving Retention, Addressing Burnout, and Reaching Organizational Goals

    PLJ September/October 2023 Christine Bechtel, MA, Lois Frankel, MA, Jennifer Sweeney

    Research into whether deeper relationships between clinicians and administrators could facilitate organizational change revealed that experiences that focus on bi-directional empathy and relationships address burnout,...

  5. The Importance of Asserting Our Expertise

    PLJ September/October 2023 Anthony Slonim, MD, DrPH, CPE, FAAPL

    How do we, as physician leaders, consider commonplace occurrences that may be harmful to patients and proactively assert our expertise on topics that are in the best interests of those patients we serve?

  6. Returning to Private Practice after Hospital Employment: Culture and Fit in a Group Practice

    PLJ September/October 2023 Randy Bauman

    The author offers a short guide on forming a new group practice.

  7. Lowering Readmissions: A Task Force’s Success

    PLJ September/October 2023 Marilyn Kole, MD, MBA, CPE, Venkat L. Prasad, MD, FAAFP, MBA/MHA, CPE, Richard Macchiaroli, MD, MS, CPE, Kristine Fay, MHA, CMPE

    Patient readmission costs upwards of $17 billion annually and is a challenge that health systems must address if they are to achieve success in value transformation.

  8. The Humanistic Bundle: A Process to Assess, Monitor, and Empower Team-Based Changes to Address Burnout in Healthcare

    PLJ September/October 2023 Michael Beck, MD, Christine Irvin, MD, George F Blackall, PsyD, MBA, ABPP

    After several years of assessing and monitoring faculty burnout, engagement, work-life balance, and leadership performance, a physician-leader of a clinical division, decided to assess and monitor burnout. He coined t...

  9. The ‘Accountability Factor’ as a Predictor of Medical Group Leadership Culture

    PLJ September/October 2023 Daniel K. Zismer, PhD, Elliot D. Zismer, MS, Gary S. Schwartz, MD, MHA

    Every organization has a culture by design or default, and that culture is the leaders’ responsibility.

  10. Moving Forward With Collaboration

    PLJ September/October 2023 Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)

    Physician leadership belongs to us all. Let’s not waste the opportunity to collaborate more closely for the change warranted in an industry that is so deeply personal for everyone. We, our patients, and our families w...

  11. Reflections on an Improbable Journey

    PLJ September/October 2023 Joan L. Thomas, MD, CPE, FACC

    Joan L. Thomas, MD, CPE, FACC, talks about her leadership journey.

  12. What Value-Based Care Means for Physician Leaders

    PLJ September/October 2023 Lola Butcher

    As value-based care continues to gain traction, physician leaders are playing an ever-increasing role in the financial success of their health systems.