Economics
The Collaboration Imperative: Why Healthcare Executives Must Unite Against an Existential Threat
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon), C. Ann Jordan, JD
Healthcare organizations face billions in revenue losses from Medicare cuts, halted value-based care models, and reduced federal funding. Traditional siloed leadership cannot tackle these interconnected challenges. This white paper emphasizes the critical need for integrated CEO-CFO-physician executive collaboration, offering actionable frameworks for building collaborative leadership structures. Executive partnerships and physician leadership development drive superior outcomes, financial sustainability, and competitive advantage in a transformed healthcare landscape.
Influence
“Profiles in Success”: Certified Physician Executives Share the Value and ROI of their CPE Education
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.
Influence
Championing Physician Leadership Development: AAPL's Five-Decade Commitment Meets Healthcare's Critical Moment
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
From closing knowledge gaps in finance and AI to building emotional intelligence and peer communities, the future of healthcare demands bilingual leaders fluent in both medicine and strategy.
Technology Integration
The Perils of Using AI to Replace Entry-Level Jobs
Amy C. Edmondson, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
AI is reshaping work, but eliminating entry-level jobs is short-sighted. These roles are crucial for developing future leaders, fostering innovation, enriching organizational culture, and protecting society. Instead of cutting these jobs, companies should redesign them to leverage AI for routine tasks while humans focus on judgment, creativity, and collaboration. This approach ensures that work remains a site of growth, resilience, and shared human achievement.
SoundPractice
From Battlefield to Bedside: Physician Leadership Lessons from Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling
Mark Hertling, DBA
What do combat command and hospital leadership have in common? More than you'd think. In this episode of SoundPractice, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, U.S. Army (Ret.) shares powerful insights on the surprising parallels between military and medical leadership, the importance of inter-professional training, and lessons from his wartime memoir, If I Don’t Return.
Strategic Perspective
Responding to a HIPAA Violation
Rex Hoffman, MD, MBA
Healthcare professionals must strictly adhere to HIPAA regulations and ethical guidelines, prioritizing patient privacy and proper authorization over personal relationships or curiosity. Unauthorized access to patient information, even by credentialed individuals, undermines trust, violates legal standards, and can lead to serious consequences.
Economics
Will Your Investors Support Your Strategic Pivot?
Mark DesJardine, Wei Shi
Strategic pivots often fail—not because of poor ideas or execution but because companies misjudge how attached investors are to their existing strategy. Firms actively cultivate shareholders who are aligned with a particular risk profile and narrative; when that narrative shifts, they may resist, creating destabilizing friction.
New Book
Career Prescription Guide: A Physician's Guide for Career Transformation or Advancement
Pamela C. Sullivan, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP, FCUCM, PT
This guide empowers physicians to navigate career transitions with confidence, align decisions with values, prevent burnout, and achieve fulfillment.
Signing Your Work and Signing Your Life
Addressing the Underperforming Clinician: A Leadership Challenge
Making SMART Goals Smarter for Physician Quality Incentive Compensation
The Butterfly Effect and the Medical Practice
Mining Gold from Your Vendor Relationships: The Practice Administrator’s Untapped Resource
Building Patient Loyalty Through Split-Second Kindness
Environmental Influences
The Butterfly Effect and the Medical Practice
Neil Baum, MD
Small changes can create big impacts, known as the butterfly effect. This article explores its relevance in healthcare and modern medical practices.
Action Orientation
Mining Gold from Your Vendor Relationships: The Practice Administrator’s Untapped Resource
AAPL Editorial Team
Medical practice managers can tap into vendor relationships for industry insights, operational tips, and strategic advice. Engaging vendors intentionally boosts efficiency and decision-making.
Quality Improvement
Building Patient Loyalty Through Split-Second Kindness
Susan Baker, Michael J. Sacopulos, JD
Susan Baker shares strategies to boost patient loyalty, emphasizing personalized care, feedback, social media, and teamwork while addressing service failures to enhance experiences.
Payment Models
‘Kind of Morbid’: Health Premiums Threaten Their Nest Egg. A Terminal Diagnosis May Spare It.
Christine Mai-Duc
Unexpected health challenges and changes in policy can drastically impact financial stability, underscoring the importance of accessible healthcare and long-term financial planning.
Influence
When Senior Leaders Lack People Skills, Transformations Fail
Jenny Fernandez, MBA
McKinsey’s research shows that roughly 70% of transformation efforts fail, and the root cause is rarely a flawed business case. It’s the human element: leaders who can’t detect resistance, misread silence as buy-in, or dismiss valid concerns as complaints.