Quality Improvement
Welcome to the HALM Journal from the American Association for Physician Leadership
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 patient care outcomes and population health.
People Management
No, Remote Employees Aren’t Becoming Less Engaged
Andrew Brodsky, Mike Tolliver
One of executives’ biggest worries about remote work is the reduction in spontaneous meetings and conversations with employees. But is this worry justified? New research on meetings shows that it might not be. It turns out that employees have more short, one-on-one meetings compared to 2020, and those meetings are increasingly spontaneous. While there are limitations to this data, it does suggest that employees are finding new ways to connect with each other — and that there are steps organizations can take to encourage them to continue to do so.
Environmental Influences
Bringing Caste into the DEI Conversation
Dr. Simran Jeet Singh, Dr. Aarti Shyamsunder
In the United States, most efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion focus on race, gender, and sexual orientation. Companies should be aware of caste as a basis of discrimination, too. Caste is a form of social organization and identity in the South Asian context, and it affects more than 1 billion people around the world — and 5.4 million in the United States. Companies should follow these four steps to become more aware of caste as a factor in their own DEI efforts.
Financial Management
What It Takes to Be a Fair-Pay Workplace
Joanna Kim-Brunetti, Esq
Pay equity is more than just a competitive tool in a red-hot labor market. It’s an opportunity to foster innovation, drive employee engagement, minimize turnover, maintain (or improve) brand reputation, and attract investors. To help employers understand where their organization is regarding pay equity, the author suggests a three-level framework that allows organizations to evaluate their current pay practices, progress, and long-term goals.
SoundPractice Podcast
Physician Employment and Trends in Compensation Models with Author Jeff Gorke
Jeffrey T. Gorke
Jeffrey T. Gorke is the author of The Employed Physician: Your Essential Guide to the Business of Medicine. His experience ranges from Medicare administration to running both large and small, single-specialty, privately held medical group practices to med...
Payment Models
Physician Employment and Trends in Compensation Models with Author Jeff Gorke
Michael J. Sacopulos, JD, Jeffrey T. Gorke
This podcast interview sets the stage for giving physicians the history and elements of business know-how to succeed as an employed physician. It offers an important briefing on trends in employment for physicians by an accomplished official.
Self-Awareness
3 Strategies to Help Women of Color Navigate Biases at Work
Hira Ali
Women of color have to contend with additional pejorative stereotypes. While the responsibility for leveling the playing field lies first and foremost with company leaders, women of color can adopt strategies to survive and succeed in spite of the inequity they face. The author describes a few of the obstacles women of color experience at work and presents tips for addressing them.
New Book
The Chief Medical Officer's Essential Guidebook
Mark D. Olszyk, MD, MBA, CPE
Medical executives share their experiences and lessons to aid on a journey to becoming an effective chief medical officer. This book is for current CMOs, those aspiring to be CMOs, and the executives and peers who work with them.
A Fresh Outlook: Workforce Management with Locum Tenens
A Hospital System’s Journey Toward Zero Harm: Reducing Postoperative Respiratory Failure
The Challenges of Being a Positive Role Model for Your Employees
The Link Between Physician Stress, Burnout, and Disruptive Behaviors
Mentorship Programming to Enhance Physician Leadership Development
Welcome to the HALM Journal from the American Association for Physician Leadership
Comfort with Visibility
How to Give a Killer Presentation
Chris Anderson
For more than 30 years, the TED conference series has presented enlightening talks that people enjoy watching. In this article, Anderson, TED’s curator, shares five keys to great presentations.
Environmental Influences
You Have to Stop Canceling and Rescheduling Things. Really.
Whitney Johnson
We overcommit ourselves because it’s easier in the moment to say yes instead of no. But then we feel overwhelmed — and so at the last minute, we decide to cancel. It feels like no big deal. After all, everyone does it. But what is actually happening here is that we’re being untrustworthy. Instead of giving in to the urge to cancel, push on. When you meet your commitments, you build trust, gain confidence.
Quality Improvement
Shared Decision-Making and High-Level Support
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
Shared decision-making (SDM) is a process of communication in which clinicians and patients work together to make informed healthcare decisions that align with what matters most to patients and their individual concerns, preferences, goals, and values.
Technology Integration
Where Is Tech Going in 2023?
Aamer Baig, Jan Shelly Brown, William Forrest, Vinayak HV, Klemens Hjartar, Lareina Yee
2023 will likely be a more sober year in tech. Geopolitical and economic uncertainties are injecting more caution into the next phase of tech’s evolution. Leaders will have to search for ways to do more with less, find value where innovations overlap, and strategically invest in technologies that are hitting a tipping point.
People Management
Ten Ways to Lower Your Overhead (But Be Careful When It Comes to Your Knowledge Workers)
AAPL Editorial Team
To stay ahead of today’s unstable financial curve, physicians need to cut costs. Financial advisors recommend the “two-thirds” rule during a down economy: Put two-thirds of your effort into cutting costs and one-third into increasing revenue.