If your group can’t develop a strategy because of internal dissension, then you’re allowing someone else to choose a future for you.
Medical groups and individual physicians often complain about the hand they’ve been dealt. They seek a strategy to deal with it. In some cases that strategy exists. In others they have waited too long before seeking help.
Why are so many physicians amazed by the occurrence of change in healthcare, when change happens all the time?
Is there a disconnect between the physician and the hospital?
Throughout most industries the middleman is disappearing.
For physicians, protecting your turf requires a balanced approach.
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.
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.
As the business of healthcare becomes more complex, many physicians are seeking certainty.
From the 1950’s through the 1990’s success was about doing what was always done – the actual delivery of care. So the better groups delivered better care. If a group was “broken” the result was that its level of care dipped. The fix was to return it to the standard of working well, that is, […]