Overly democratic or consensus style systems of medical group governance make it impossible for the group to adopt a strategic, as opposed to a tactical, outlook. For example, consider a consensus style forty-three physician orthopedic group that’s unable to come to agreement on how to respond to an important referral source’s request that they expand…
Governance
Is Your Medical Group Governed or Governed?
The Greek language root of the word govern means to direct, rule, guide or steer.
Money Likes Speed. Has Your Group’s Governance Put the Brakes on Your Future?
That may be true on the highway, but it’s patently untrue in terms of your group’s business. In business you need to be able to make decisions quickly and then act on them.
The Fortune Teller – Podcast
From down the street I could see the fortune teller’s shop.
Did she know that I was coming?
You’re Dead. Now What? Succession and Medical Group Leadership
Unfortunately, few groups engage in seriously addressing even the simpler issues of succession in medical group leadership.
Medical Group Termites – Medical Group Minute
structured your relationships with hospitals, referral sources, and other influencers. But did you pay attention to what’s going on inside your practice’s own house?
How Professional Expertise Can Become an Anchor, Not an Advantage – Podcast
Many professionals, from architects to anesthesiologists, from structural engineers to surgeons, make the mistake of focusing solely on developing their skill sets and in delivering those skills to their customers, patients or clients.
Why Document the Value of a Group Member’s Interest? – Medical Group Minute
They say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Why Document the Value of a Group Member’s Interest? – Podcast
They say that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.
Bastiat, a Teenage Magician and Medical Group Decision Making – Podcast
A magic show is about misdirection: that which is seen and that which isn’t seen.