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.
Tag: leadership
The expression lead, follow, or get out of the way has more than a kernel of truth to it.
Unfortunately, few groups engage in seriously addressing even the simpler issues of succession in medical group leadership.
Many medical group leaders bemoan their group’s circumstances: caught in the hard place between increasing commoditization, what they believe to be the limitations of independent structure, and the pressure of national group competition.
What those hospitals are really doing is training more physicians to become hospital-employed, or hospital-controlled managers.
Ride along with Mark as he reminds you that just because you’re quickly iterating you need to slow down to set your strategy.
There is no question that the healthcare market is changing rapidly. This means that groups must have the ability to make business decisions rapidly.
Like life without an underlying philosophy, business without a purpose is simply giving in to the default position.
Medical group leaders are busy focusing on day to day activities: Most are deeply involved in direct patient care. Some, yes, some, also devote some time to working on their business. But there’s a pressing need to engage in strategy.
Take a seat and listen in as Mark discusses the beauty of making a decision.