Speed and size are often an advantage, but in some situations, and in some markets, they’re not. For medical groups, the current healthcare market is one of them.
Tag: governance
Hospital Administrators Assume That Your Group Is Out of Control
If you are a hospital-based physician, you can be certain that there are one or more so-called national groups targeting your facility. That is, they want to put you out of business. Probably better said, first they want to take some or all of your current physician staff, and maybe some of your non-physician staff,…
The Cancer of Consensus
The expression lead, follow, or get out of the way has more than a kernel of truth to it. Leaders must lead. They cannot bog themselves down in the morass of consensus building. As the etymology of the word consensus indicates (with + thinking) it waters down decisions as a result of compromise and giving…
Utilizing a Unit Concept to Drive Success
Hospital-based medical groups shouldn’t simply conceptualize their practice as one business. If you’re a medical group leader, you must view your practice as consisting of several independent, yet coordinated, units, each of which requires a separate focus. So, for example: Then within each of those units there are multiple elements of required activity. Finally, each of those elements are…
Why Discarding Democracy Improves Your Group’s Chances of Success
There’s an important reason why physician groups must do away with overly democratic or consensus style systems of governance: Those approaches make it impossible for the group to adopt a strategic, as opposed to a tactical, outlook. Take a consensus style group that is unable to come to terms in respect of the expanded office…
How to Cure Physician Group (Un)Governance – Podcast
Most medical groups are unable to gain strategic advantage due to their own management bureaucracy.