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In early 2020, media reports indicated that an antiviral drug produced by Johnson & Johnson that was used to treat people with HIV might be effective ...
Most physicians and administrative leaders, even in larger systems, do not have experience working in this type of setting. Without a dynamic leader, ...
A federal law requires that health information be easy to exchange by the end of this year. The development of standardized application programming in...
How do you form new habits when you’re exhausted? The key is to start small, to take a gentle, whole-person approach for long-term change. First, star...
These days, autonomy for physicians is pretty much an illusion. While some solo practitioners may still exist out in the hinterlands who depend on no ...
The nature of the next pandemic is unpredictable. Therefore, the U.S. and other countries need to develop capabilities that will give them the flexibi...
Every rational, independent physician, regardless of specialty or type pf practice model, should be questioning the future of the private medical prac...
Human resources leaders commonly assume that for a company to stand out as a great place to work, it must deliver competitive perks—everything from sk...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine occurred just as pressures in the U.S. economy appeared to be peaking, and the prospects of a soft landing were good. The...
When it comes to leadership development, the business case for investing in the “best” given limited organizational resources appears straightforward:...
The current skill set of the current physician workforce has not included statistical process analysis, team-focused approaches to patient safety, and...
Findings that mobile and wearable devices and apps do lead patients to change their behaviors in ways that can positively affect their health provide ...
Earlier this year, one of the hosts of the AAPL SoundPractice Podcast, Michael Sacopulos, interviewed Susan Childs, from Evolution Healthcare Consulti...
This engaging SoundPractice episode is a tutorial for physicians on the tech landscape, the lack of accountability for tech companies, and an overview...
“Playing politics” is common at work, but many women (and men) shun it because they feel their work should speak for themselves, or because it feels l...
There are a number of management ideas and theories that offer ways to improve quality. However, to investigate your practice processes and put new on...
Traditionally, responses to crises and societal problems—the Covid-19 pandemic, natural disasters, racial inequities—are considered the responsibility...
Inclusion must be an integral part of the organization’s culture and can only be validated through its visible presence, not through proclamation. The...
Sociologist Emile Durkheim coined the phrase anomie to describe a destabilized and destabilizing state when rules and rule givers lose legitimacy. It’...
Most leaders will readily agree that a curious employee is a tremendous asset for any organization that is looking to improve. In spite of this, howev...
To enact meaningful change in the lives of employees, it’s critical for business leaders to address employees’ total well-being, including their physi...
Host Mike Sacopulos and Margaret Traub discuss the mission of International Medical Corps and the current needs in Ukraine and other disaster zones, h...
For the first time in at least a decade, inflation has become an urgent short-term consideration for almost all companies around the world. This artic...
Companies are wise to explore AI solutions that can help make their teams more emotionally intelligent, and better communicators. Indeed, AI can enhan...
Starting and owning a well-run, successful practice are two of the most rewarding activities in which a healthcare professional can engage. However, s...
Boards have a unique role in helping their organizations manage cybersecurity threats. They do not have day to day management responsibility, but they...
Drawing from work conducted with scholars of psychology, sociology, and management, Harvard’s Julia A. Minson and Francesca Gino offer advice for lead...
When I was a nurse, I envisioned becoming a physician and so returned to college to prepare. When I became a physician, I envisioned becoming an admin...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently issued the highly anticipated final rules to mod...
Women's support groups (WSGs) for resident physicians can bolster professional development, career advancement, networking opportunities, and collabor...
In 1995, the American College of Physician Executives (now renamed the American Association for Physician Leadership) published the first monograph de...
How can leaders build the conviction to act before evidence is abundantly clear? First, they can gather “private data” (from their employees, customer...
The early days of the pandemic were a shock, causing a spike in adrenaline, which stops us from feeling pain, so we can get out of danger, and spurs i...
All hospitals are not created equal when it comes to being physician-friendly and having a commitment to long-term success with practice acquisition a...
The author offers four recommendations to try: 1) Balance your emotions first before reacting to your team’s frustration. 2) Lean into their anger wit...
Originally started as a strategy to help people with ADHD to stay focused on a task, the benefits of body doubling are significant. It can lessen your...
Even though most online reviews are likely to be positive, remember that they also reflect the patient’s overall experience in your care. These review...
A 2020 report by the Center for Political Accountability offers abundant examples, including corporations that have publicly demanded racial equality ...
According to the author’s research, two factors are crucial to a successful pitch: having the confidence to make your suggestion and knowing how to fr...
For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions, an...
Women physicians continue to find multiple barriers to advancing into leadership positions. These barriers include lack of mentoring, adequate role mo...
Until recently, IT due diligence was not considered an essential component of the acquiring entity’s overall due diligence analysis. However, in today...
Drawing on their research at 12 prominent global firms, the authors note the contradictory-seeming skills that leaders are expected to have—being both...
Quantum computers can solve problems exponentially faster than classical computers can. They will bring about two huge changes: an end to our current ...
We are seeing increased interest in the use of arts to promote health and healing. Far from being distinct realms, art and science intertwine in unexp...
The career transition process is the same whether the physician is anticipating a transition out of full-time practice, planning a transition to a new...
Some multigenerational companies or their predecessors have committed acts in the past that would be anathema today—they invested in or owned slaves, ...
We are all driven by a constellation of emotions and thoughts that arise from an accumulation of our collective experiences in life. Within these expe...
WASHINGTON, DC (March 1, 2022) -- The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) announces the publication of Lessons Learned: Stories from...
What will it take to make work better? Over the past year, HBR has published a wide array of research-backed articles that explore topics ranging from...
Physician Leadership Connect is an online community for physician leaders to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and support one another. The community’s...
When we’re tired or stressed, our brains want to save mental energy and help us make decisions quickly. We’re wired to move toward things that make us...
In this follow-up to their previous HBR article, “Employers, It’s Time to Talk About Infertility,” authors Serena G. Sohrab and Nada Basir offer resea...
Your callers need to develop a long term trust that your healthcare practice is committed to treating them right on each and every phone call they mak...
It’s easy to view the corporate world’s growing emphasis on DEI—diversity, equity, and inclusion—with cynicism. Too often attempts to address discrimi...
Nature always has an interesting way of impacting our lives as humans. Humans also have an interesting way of impacting nature. When in harmony, both ...
The pandemic spurred a huge increase in the use of virtual health care. But its place in the post-pandemic world is up in the air. To help policymaker...
It goes without saying that any business can improve in its performance through meeting customer expectations. Simply look at your satisfaction survey...
The high level of uncertainty around us right now may increase even more in the new year and beyond. And with such instability, you may find it challe...
Many young employees early in their careers have big ideas for change in the world and in their organizations, but often, you’re met with barriers to ...
The marketplace for talent has shifted. You need to think of your employees like customers and put thoughtful attention into retaining them. This is t...
Physicians working in hospitals face challenges when it comes to understanding and meeting the medical, legal, and ethical subjects outlined in the ho...
Being a first mover as an ESG-oriented VC fund can become the source of competitive advantage. It will help attract high-quality portfolio firms that ...
Primary care in the United States has long been undervalued. Can companies moving into this space address its chronic problem — namely, that it is und...
We now know more about how epidemics rise, propagate, and abate, but the patterns are as timeless as biology, and they are not going away.
Morale can be the fuel that drives your healthcare organization forward, or it can be the fuel that feeds the fires of employee discontent, poor perfo...
Most views of leadership are sub-optimal for the organizations where most types of work get done today. And so it’s time to re-think our view of coura...
Healthcare is a complex industry—one that is feeling the impacts of the global pandemic comparatively more so than any other industry. The patient-phy...
The events of the last year and a half have put intense pressure on companies to do more to support employees and act on diversity, equity, and inclus...
These two awards honor advancements in the education of physician leaders. The period for nominations runs through Monday, February 28, 2022.
Digital transformation is about so much more than adopting new technologies and processes. At its core, it’s about overcoming inertia and resistance t...
It’s easy to get in auto-pilot mode when it comes to your career, but to make better decisions about it and deliberately head in a more fulfilling dir...
In the vast matrix of the global medical system, the most important relationship is between physicians and patients. This relationship has profound po...
We asked Sally Blount, a Fortune 500 board member and former dean at the Kellogg School of Management, and Paul Leinwand, principal at PwC Strategy an...
Shortage of needed surgical supplies, surplus of capital equipment, and inefficient identification of end-of-life items can wreak havoc on a hospital’...
Networking is often transactional and this type interaction is unnatural for most — but especially for those of us who feel awkward or shy to begin wi...
When All Becomes New is a collection of true stories from the often-hidden world of neonatal intensive care. It offers a doctor’s intimate reflections...
Most of us think we have to make a difficult, binary choice between being a good person or being a tough, effective leader. This is a false dichotomy....
The National Academy of Medicine has launched a Resource Compendium for Health Care Worker Well-Being to access resources organized into 6 essential e...
As the demands of the workplace keep rising, many people respond by putting in ever longer hours, which inevitably leads to burnout that costs both th...
Understanding which career is right for you can be a confusing and exhausting process. You may think a job looks great but you don’t actually understa...
The pandemic has cast new light upon healthcare disparities. Vaccine hesitancy in minority communities has led to further discussions of infant mortal...
Visionary leadership is widely seen as key to strategic change. That’s because visionary leadership does not just set the strategic direction — it tel...
As healthcare’s predominant and most influential clinical leaders for the industry, physicians have a unique opportunity to be even more influential i...
Grief is a universal human experience, yet workplace culture is often inhospitable to people suffering profound loss. Managers come to work prepared t...
The big question for every physician or healthcare provider is how to survive, or rather thrive, in the uncertainty of today’s healthcare environment....
Chief marketing officers are reporting increased pressure to prove the impact of marketing spending. But too often this means a focus on short-term me...
A year and a half into the pandemic, employees’ mental “surge capacity” is likely diminished. Managers must take proactive steps to increase employee ...
Our thoughts determine our emotions and our actions. We can use this knowledge to change how we feel about the patients who challenge us. An excerpt f...
How much should you change your offer at each round of a negotiation? The stakes can be high: Give away too much and you devalue your offer; give away...
All too often, promising employees fail to step up when leadership opportunities arise. What is it that holds so many people back? The authors describ...
The concept of the high-reliability organization (HRO) — one that avoids catastrophe despite high levels of risk and complexity — is getting a second ...
An excerpt from Lucrative Practices: The Comprehensive Handbook for Healthcare Executives, by Michael B. Spellman, Ph.D.
A historic wave of job turnover has companies working hard to recruit and onboard new employees. But what about those who aren’t job surfing? Many emp...
Managing problem employees is one of the toughest challenges any healthcare executive will face. This article offers an overall strategy for managing ...
An excerpt from Physician Leadership: The 11 Skills Every Doctor Needs to be an Effective Leader, by Karen Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, FACP, CS-F.
Professional support needs to get better. In short, we need more flexibility, sensitivity, and open-mindedness from employers. Along with employee ass...
Honest conversations are a crucial tool in helping leaders and their organizations successfully act on their ethical ambitions. If you aspire to lead ...
As independent medical practices have grown in both size and complexity, so have the roles and responsibilities of their physician leaders. Because ph...
There are upsides and downsides to making decisions in a group. The main risks include falling into groupthink or other biases that will distort the p...
An excerpt from Healthcare Economic Reform: How and Why Physicians Must Lead Change Within Our Evolving Healthcare Economy by Ellis M. Knight, MD, MBA...
No, it isn’t just you — the pace of change has picked up. More than that, whereas we used to experience disruptions followed by periods of stability, ...
Nothing is more costly to an organization’s culture than a toxic employee. Research shows that rudeness is like the common cold — it’s contagious, spr...
The healthcare workforce is always under duress and requires devotion to its own wellness. Paying attention to new developments in the science of medi...
The mentor-mentee relationship is a tango between a junior person and a more senior one; just as in dance, coordination and orchestration between part...
An excerpt from Tactics for Racial Justice: Building an Antiracist Organization and Community by Dr. Shannon Prince.
In 2019, employers were just starting to grasp the prevalence of mental health challenges at work, the need to address stigma, and the emerging link t...
While corporate transformations are almost universally assumed to be top-down processes, in reality, middle managers, and first-line supervisors can m...
As managers, it’s essential to express gratitude to your employees, especially in this time of uncertainty and social distancing. People are battling ...
A growing number of physicians are using social media as a professional platform for health communication. Social media can benefit physicians both as...
Research over the past few decades has shown us that the most important leadership qualities are centered around soft skills and emotional intelligenc...
We all know developing a personal brand is valuable. It helps others see your true talents, so you’re more likely to be tapped for relevant and intere...
Healthcare leaders may be drawn to the latest management fads, and with good reason. Fads are exciting. They get a lot of press and airtime, are simpl...
If you are a company leader hoping to undertake a successful organizational change, you need to make sure your team is onboard and motivated to help m...
As a double board-certified physician in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Matthew Moeller penned a letter in 2013 to CaduceusBlog and reprinted...
Last year HBR.org published a survey to help professionals assess their own personal productivity – defined as the habits closely associated with acco...
Physician professionalism is the essence of being a doctor in our society. Physicians have a social agreement with society to act as a fiduciary in th...
“Full-stack” data scientist means mastery of machine learning, statistics, and analytics. Today’s fashion in data science favors flashy sophistication...
Formal education is linked to higher earning and lower unemployment. Beyond that, learning is fun! Engaging in a new topic can be a joy and a confiden...
The Information Blocking Rule became effective April 5, 2021, requiring Covered Entities to develop and implement policies and procedures consistent w...
There is broad recognition that primary care can and should play a more central role in U.S. health care — that doing so will improve outcomes and red...
Hiring top physicians is difficult under any circumstances, let alone in a year with unprecedented changes and challenges. This article presents steps...
We asked Sally Blount, a Fortune 500 board member and former dean at the Kellogg School of Management, and Paul Leinwand, principal at PwC Strategy an...
For consultants, work is largely a performance. Like skillful actors, they use a combination of “backstage” preparation and “front stage” performance ...
To become more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, many companies have turned to unconscious bias (UB) training. By raising awareness of the mental sho...
In this episode of SoundPractice, Mike Sacopulos interviews Julie Chua, Director of Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance Division within the Un...
While it might sound contradictory, the U.S. is experiencing higher unemployment numbers and a labor shortage. So how to attract talent in such a labo...
President Harry S. Truman had a sign on his desk that read,“The buck stops here.” It was his reminder that the ultimate decision-making authority rest...
An AAPL member since 2011, Edgar Chedrawy describes peri-operative care as “a journey” that begins with physician leaders inspiring and motivating the...
Speaking up is one of the best ways to create positive change — so why are so many people reluctant to do so? In this piece, the author argues that th...
It is indisputable that health care is full of hidden inefficiencies, and within this lies the value proposition of behavioral economics: It offers a ...
Storytelling is a learnable communication tool that every healthcare leader can add to his or her leadership toolkit. This article contrasts storytell...
Dual-career couples face a unique set of challenges and trade-offs. Negotiating whose career takes prominence at any given time, juggling two demandin...
Two health systems at the forefront of population health management share how their experiences in 2020 will influence their work going forward.
As teams all around the world shift to remote work, many managers may struggle to manage underperforming employees without the benefits of in-person m...
During the global pandemic, a palpable sense of collective grief has emerged. Grief expert David Kessler says that grief is actually multiple feelings...
COVID-19 thrust the world into a state of crisis for which no one was adequately prepared, and the fact is that no industry was so hard-hit as healthc...
Asking questions well can put you on the path to solving intractable problems and will also help you connect with others and, counterintuitively, to e...
In this episode of SoundPractice, Mike Sacopulos and Dr. Peter Angood interview Dr. Anthony Fauci on the nuances of physician leadership during a pand...
Appreciation of others must necessarily be a critical aspect of leadership. Others must also be able to appreciate the nature and depth of leaders if ...
Dear AAPL Members and Constituents,
Brain scans are showing us in new detail exactly what entices readers. Scientists can see a group of midbrain neurons—the “reward circuit”—light up as...
The Physician Leadership Journal (PLJ) welcomes articles about health care leadership topics. Articles spotlight original research, operational interv...
Before you can solve a problem, you need to know what exactly you’re trying to solve. Unfortunately, too many of us want to rush to conclusions before...
The lockdown that we’ve all just lived through created a period during which a lot of people had the opportunity to reflect on plans for a career chan...
An AAPL member since 2014, Dr. Matthew Mazurek shares his broad experience in managing physicians, including those who struggle with professionalism.
The pandemic has only exacerbated a previously existing problem: U.S. dependence on foreign manufacturers of drug ingredients and finished products th...
Abstract: President Harry S. Truman had a sign on his desk that read “The buck stops here.” It was his reminder that the ultimate decision-making auth...
Returning to work as a first-time mother is already complex and challenging. Add pumping milk at the office on top of that, and you’re at the bottom o...
COVID-19 has provided a steep learning curve for healthcare systems managing their supply chain. In a flash, PPE became as difficult to acquire as a p...
The pandemic has been an experiment like no other: a vehicle to understand what we need to thrive in our jobs. The authors identify three key aspects ...
As patient experience and consumer voice are becoming increasingly important in healthcare, healthcare systems wrestle with how to best obtain patient...
A function embedded in Johns Hopkins Medicine’s electronic-health-record system automatically identifies patients likely to need technical assistance ...
A panel of AAPL board members sat down with Peter Angood to discuss engaged physician leadership, crisis management, and the current state of affairs.
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. — Albert EinsteinIn my book, “Modern ...
Peter B. Angood MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon) shares his story and discusses his KevinMD article, “Professionalism: We must also draw on our own...
In this episode of SoundPractice, Mike Sacopulos and Dr. Peter Angood interview Dr. Anthony Fauci on the nuances of physician leadership during a pand...
Before the pandemic, the author considered herself something of a road warrior. She was on the road around 80 days a year, while raising two young kid...
As healthcare expenditures rise, pressure is growing to increase the value of care and improve patient access. Some patients in need of care lack the ...
It’s common knowledge that innovation is a critical component of any organization’s success. But what’s often less clear is how to translate innovativ...
The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) announces the publication of Lucrative Practices: The Comprehensive Handbook for Healthcare ...
In this article … The global pandemic and an array of cultural events have focused us on the nature of being human. Humanism is an essential attribute...
The latest surge in Covid-19 cases generated by the Delta variant is throwing a wrench into plans to have employees return to the office. How can lead...
An excerpt from the book 'Mobile Medicine: Overcoming People, Culture and Governance (1st edition)' by Sherri Douville (ed.), 2021.
If not well-thought-out, many recruitment efforts are doomed to failure before they start. Here are some steps to guide a more successful recruitment ...
Perfectionism is often driven by striving for excellence, but it can be self-sabotaging. There are three big mistakes that tend to kill perfectionists...
An AAPL member since 2014, Grant Rogers discusses his experiences as the first clinical lead to design, standardize and implement eMeds across rural l...
Dear Physician Leaders,We have received inquiries from both registrants for our 2021 Fall Institute as well as those considering attending as it relat...
David Zhu of Arizona State University and two coresearchers used Social Security Administration data to assess the frequency of given names in the Uni...
Why does a writing intervention work? While it may seem counterintuitive that writing about negative experiences has a positive effect, some have posi...
Sometimes moving on from a job is clearly the right decision. But if you’re generally happy except for one particular issue, it’s worth talking to you...
Research on data provided by 122 companies in the advertising, digital, publishing, and software sectors (industries characterized by uncertainty over...
Startups typically operate with the mentality that growth and profit come first, higher calling comes second. This strategy, however, is misguided. In...
Understanding the difference between sponsorship and mentorship is key to ensuring that women and members of historically marginalized communities (HM...
As they deal with a business landscape that is evolving constantly, rapidly, and unpredictably, executives all over the world are full of questions ab...
As with any new class of board members, there always comes a welcome infusion of diverse experiences, fields of expertise, and fresh ideas — all value...
The pandemic created a sense of urgency, and inside companies, individuals stepped up. Now it’s up to leaders to find ways to keep metabolism high, ev...
It’s possible to fake emotional intelligence. Well-intended leaders can go into interactions armed with what they believe is a combination of deep emp...