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Recent years have seen a noticeable increase in practice mergers among physician groups.

The ever-evolving reform of the U.S. healthcare industry has provoked a lot of uncertainty among private practice physicians. Some practices are content with no...

When we write about “best-run medical practices,” we’re talking about the practices that excel in more than one of these four measurable areas:

  • Profitability and cost control;
  • Efficiency and productivity;
  • Revenue cycle measures (accounts receiv...
February 7, 2019

Learn about ways to retain new hires and help people develop comfort with their new job.

February 5, 2019

What are some ways hospitals can align change with existing values and explain how new processes will enable employees to better enact them.

January 29, 2019

Here are four strategies to ensure that a panel moderator creates the conditions for an insightful exchange.

January 15, 2019

How should you address a midcareer crisis? Here are tips to figure out what to do.

January 10, 2019

Read about strategies for working with a leader who overwhelms you with too many ideas and thoughts.

January 2, 2019

Burnout among women physicians is the focus of a session at AAPL’s Winter Institute in St. Petersburg, part of a three-day academy on physician burnout.

January 1, 2019

What are some lessons for organizations hoping to succeed with building a workforce of the future.

December 18, 2018

Learn concepts that are key to helping leaders institute organizational change when employees resist.

December 14, 2018

Hospital administrators offering cost data and clinical evidence can empower physicians to support quality and cost goals inherent in value-based care models.

This article discusses five HR topics that are currently trending: recruiting; harassment and discrimination; employee leave; workplace discrimination; and maintaining a drug-free workplace.

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