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Exploring the importance and relevance of high-reliability healthcare organizations.

The authors designed and facilitated an evidence-based physician leadership development program that garnered praise from participants. They share the program and offer tips for duplicating it.

Physician leaders need a working knowledge of healthcare law.

This study aimed to compare patient outcomes among hospitals led by physician and non-physician CEOs.

Leadership skills are critical in determining how effectively physicians deploy their biomedical competencies. We conducted Reflective Practice and Leadership (RP&L) with three cohorts of Fellows in a Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (PHO) Fellowship in...

This article offers several recommendations to increase vaccination uptake by addressing needle fears and phobias directly.

In this study, we evaluate empowerment behavior in physicians and the role that leader-member exchange quality may play in the physician’s ability to engender empowerment in members of their interprofessional clinical teams.

New legislation has the potential to significantly change the health information technology market and dramatically affect health economics.

July 22, 2021

The lessons from COVID-19 outline a path forward toward sustainable, high-quality healthcare. Physician leaders should lead this evolution.

Peer-Reviewed

The authors propose 10 practical and actionable strategies that emerging physician leaders can implement and tailor to their organization to advance the quality agenda.

While it was once thought that only physicians could determine quality, that view has been replaced by a multidimensional approach.

With leadership, teamwork, and quick planning, Gracie Square Hospital in New York City was the first behavioral health care unit in an acute care setting to manage the COVID-19 crisis.

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