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.
Health Law
Physician Utilization Review: The Chasm of Potential Liability for Both Treating and Utilization Review Physicians
Timothy E. Paterick, MD, JD, MBA
There has been a dramatic escalation in the use of utilization review programs in an effort to constrain the surge of rising healthcare costs. Utilization review serves to verify the “medical necessity” of hospital admissions and specific medical procedures. However, by intruding into the traditional physician–patient relationship, utilization review programs raise an army of liability issues.
Strategic Perspective
Effective Patient Scheduling
John Guiliana, DPM, MS, Hal Ornstein, DPM, FASPS
https://app.contentful.com/spaces/cd2ivy5nzajd/entries/6CYgIPNdL1ClHZuMFB7B7N
Judgment
From the Idea to the Business Plan: Evaluating the Opportunity
Luis G. Pareras, MD, PhD
The business plan is the basic tool that entrepreneurs in the health sector need to transform their idea into an opportunity and make it happen. Evaluating the opportunity is the first step in the process.
SoundPractice Podcast
The Catholic Church and Its Hospitals: New Book by Dr. Patricia Gabow
Patricia A. Gabow, MD, MACP
The word Catholic is often capitalized and used in reference to the religious denomination. It may also be an adjective meaning comprehensive or universal. On this episode of SoundPractice we will be discussing the term in both of its definitions. The Ca...
Action Orientation
Project Managers, Focus on Outcomes — Not Deliverables
Andrea Belk Olson
If you’ve ever developed a product, you’ve almost certainly been derailed by scope creep. Features multiply, priorities blur, and schedules and budgets suffer. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team? Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes). In this article, I’ll explain how you can keep your team’s efforts aligned with the genuine needs of your audience.
Strategic Perspective
Create a System to Grow Consistently
Paul Leinwand, Paul Blase
Research from PwC reveals that the highest-performing organizations invest in a growth system, an integrated collection of capabilities and assets that drives both short-term and long-term growth. The authors provide a framework for building a growth system offering case examples highlighting Toast, IKEA, Vertex, Adobe, and Roblox.
New Book
Working Happy! How to Survive Burnout and Find Your Work/Life Synergy in the Healthcare Industry
Roger Kapoor, MD, MBA
The book takes an innovative, hands-on approach toward the two most important causes of employee burnout: workplace environment and personal attitude and behavior.
Patient Experience and the CMO
Why Occupational Health Matters
The Link Between Physician Stress, Burnout, and Disruptive Behaviors
The Challenges of Being a Positive Role Model for Your Employees
From the Idea to the Business Plan: Evaluating the Opportunity
Physician Utilization Review: The Chasm of Potential Liability for Both Treating and Utilization Review Physicians
Systems Awareness
Patient Experience and the CMO
Jason M. Golbin, DO, MBA, MS
Improving the patient’s experience is not easy because it often requires a change in the overall culture of the healthcare organization.
Systems Awareness
Why Occupational Health Matters
Corey M. Cronrath, DO, MPH, MBA, CPE
Corey Conrath is service line medical director for Marshfield Clinic Health System in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He describes here the importance of occupational health.
Health Law
The Physician in Flight: The Moral and Legal Responsibilities of Physicians When Present for In-Flight Medical Emergencies
Timothy E. Paterick, MD, JD, MBA, Sandy Sanbar, MD, PhD, JD
A physician boards a plane and sits down. If there is a medical emergency in-flight, does the physician face moral/ethical/legal risk by acts of commission or omission in relation to the medical emergency?
Environmental Influences
What Will Management Look Like in the Next 100 Years?
Dagny Dukach
In recent years, the practice of management has often felt like an exercise in putting out fires. Facing one social, environmental, and economic crisis after the next, it’s easy to get stuck in a near-singular focus on the short term. But at the same time, it’s critical for leaders to find time to consider the bigger picture as well. To get some new perspectives, we asked a diverse group of researchers from around the world to share their insights on how the practice of management has transformed over the past 100 years — and how we can expect (or hope) it to change in the next 100.
Influence
AAPL Annual Leadership Conference Day Three: Be Somebody
AAPL Editorial Team
The 2024 AAPL Leadership Conference in Nashville wrapped up with a keynote address on AAPL’s Future Direction & ROI of Physician Leadership as well as a Career Workshop.