Working with Physicians to Improve Documentation
Getting high-quality documentation requires understanding physicians’ priorities, their thinking styles, and the time pressures they work under. Demonstrating how documentation can improve patient care is key to motivating physicians.
A New Approach to Support Staffing in Physician Practices
Organizations should adapt support-staffing levels for physician practices using a comprehensive approach, including a variety of factors such as provider mix, productivity, and the level of patient access.
Examining the Economic Impact of a Physician Shortage
The changing regulatory environment in health care adds even more urgency to a looming physician shortage that will continue to impact health care and its delivery over the next decade.
Driving Physician Engagement With Physician Leadership
The increasingly complex issues facing health care makes engaging physicians and promoting physician leadership all the more important, writes the CEO of the American Association for Physician Leadership.
Hospital Acquisitions of Physician Practices: Put People First
Health systems that acquire physician practices can take steps to mitigate issues with referrals, compensation, and other aspects by never forgetting the human side of the transaction.
Next Steps for Physician Leaders
The future of healthcare delivery in the United States will depend on physician leadership, with strong support from administrative leaders.
Preventing Physician Burnout With Collaboration and Respect
Physician-authors Paul DeChant and Diane W. Shannon write that although the increasing prevalence of burnout is manifested in individual physicians, the root cause is systemic stress in the workplace.
Preventing Physician Burnout With Collaboration and Respect
Physician-authors Paul DeChant and Diane W. Shannon write that although the increasing prevalence of burnout is manifested in individual physicians, the root cause is systemic stress in the workplace.
Forum Networking Webinar: Developing Effective Physician Compensation Plans
During this Feb. 23, 2017, HFMA Forum webinar, Dan Stech, principal, Pinnacle Healthcare Consulting shared strategies and examples of how hospitals, health systems, and physician groups are encouraging the transition to value-based payment for employed physicians.
Employed Physician Alignment Lags Hospital C Suite Assumptions
A survey found a 26 point percentage gap between employed physicians reported trust in hospital leadership and what hospital leaders perceive as physicians’ trust in them.