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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.

This blueprint for aspiring physician executives provides residents interested in a career in leadership a core set of competencies that will prepare them to lead in the healthcare setting.

The traditional one-size-fits-all model of primary care no longer meets patient and provider needs.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of Inspector General recently issued the highly anticipated final rules to modernize and clarify the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute. Here’s what it means for physician leaders.

The primary purpose of our study was to assess the impact of hepatitis C virus (HCV) on the Blackfeet Native American people of North America.

This article discusses the movement from the Triple Aim to the Quadruple Aim and how to provide care and support of physicians who are responsible for the care of our patients.

May 14, 2021

An excerpt from: The Patient-Centered Payoff: Driving Practice Growth Through Image, Culture, and Patient Experience.

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Using these models, healthcare leaders can integrate patient safety with clinician wellbeing and create the conditions necessary for clinicians to provide excellent care.

May 7, 2021

Every single day, patients see new doctors for the first time and share intimate details about their bodies and their worries with a person they may know by recommendation but have just met.

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The authors identify personal qualities and key skills that differentiate effective leaders and suggest restructuring physician leadership education around those qualities and skills.

Engaging advanced practice providers and redefining care models in a way that supports their ability to expand access and generate additional revenue drives operational performance and supports future sustainability.

February 10, 2021

AAPL's SoundPractice Mike Sacopulos interviews Dr. Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and international medical detective, and director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.

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