I’ve been thinking today about Pareto-type distribution, you know the “80/20 rule,” and physician employment.
Employment
What Does It Cost?
Prevent others from fooling you or, even worse, from you fooling yourself.
Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby… – Podcast
Decisions and paths are flexible, fluid, customizable. They are infinitely adjustable, like Gumby.
Paging Dr. Gumby . . . Paging Dr. Gumby…
In common with other businesses, medical groups often assume that deals and decisions are like on–off switches, yea or nay, thumbs up or thumbs down.
Physician Employment, the Pareto Principle, and the 99%
I’ve been thinking today about Pareto-type distribution, you know the “80/20 rule,” and physician employment. By physician employment, I’m addressing that situation in which there is no opportunity for meaningful ownership by the affected physician. So, for example, becoming an employee in a physician owned group in which there is a track to equal ownership…
Mistakes Happen – Podcast
It’s often how the mistake maker, not the “victim,” reacts that makes the difference in the outcome.
Does Your Employment Contract Have Teeth? – Podcast
Does your group have a contractual right to enforce standards of behavior?
Psst, Wanna Buy a Watch? The Myth of Security in Hospital Employment – Podcast
Many “experts” tell physicians that the key to financial security is employment by hospitals. Do they really think you’re that blind?
Does Your Employment Contract Have Teeth?
What happens when one of the members of your group who is assigned to work at different sites, acts out on his or her bias against working at a particular location, perhaps by showing up late, or by making untoward comments to the staff, or by engaging in some other type of disruptive behavior?
Layoff Doctors – Podcast
Hospital employment provides physicians no more safety than any other type of employment.