I recently heard it said that while it takes both a chicken and a pig to make a ham and egg breakfast, the chicken is merely involved while the pig is fully committed. How different is this from the relationship between hospital administrators on the one hand, and physicians on the other, in connection with…
I recently spoke with a former group leader, who will go unnamed.
It had taken him years to build up a successful hospital-based practice with dozens of physician providers. Over the course of those years, he worked hard to build what he thought was a strong relationship with the administration of the hospital at which the group provided services. And, over the course of those years, he worked hard to keep competing groups at bay, protecting his group’s tenure at the facility.
Time travel. It’s a familiar theme in literature and even television. H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine. Quantum Leap. Even Dr. Who.
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National groups often over-promise and under-deliver. Take advantage of it.
Physicians are certainly well acquainted with the concept of nosocomial infections, infections acquired by patients during the course of hospitalization and infections acquired by hospital personnel. But physicians are for the most part unaware of another type of infection relating to hospitals: the meme, or mind virus, an accepted cultural idea or paradigm, infecting physicians in…
You’ve probably heard the admonition to under promise and over deliver.
But what happens if you habitually over promise and under deliver? And what if it’s a central part of your business plan?
Did you notice that the Super Bowl was all about medical group success?