Apr 10, 2015 | Leadership
Key challenges to physicians include low reimbursement, loss of autonomy, and patient overload. As these issues are unlikely to change any time soon, there is high dissatisfaction among physicians. However, the way we process issues can change today. We all have...
Dec 30, 2014 | Leadership
Not until you know what you really want and why it is important to you. The biggest problem with New Year’s Resolutions is that too often we base them on guilt or what others think we should resolve to do. Resolutions based on what other people value are doomed...
Oct 23, 2014 | Leadership
Many physicians are seeing the need and accepting the role of leadership responsibilities. Previously, these doctors have seen colleagues struggle in these roles or have struggled themselves. Although the future of healthcare depends on good physician leadership, the...
Sep 17, 2014 | Communication, Leadership
“It feels like a war zone out here. I am just trying to survive.” “I don’t know the woman physician I am referring to and would like to.” The stress and desire of women physicians, in private practice and as hospital employees in Lane County, is reflected in these...
Aug 21, 2014 | Leadership
Regardless of their specialty, physicians want decisions that keep patients at the center of healthcare. A daily fear is that focus on the bottom line will remove the soul from medicine. Physicians feel stuck, due to a belief that they don’t have specialized training...
Nov 26, 2012 | Communication, Leadership
Do you find groups of people exhausting or exhilarating? Does speaking to groups make you nervous or do you just go in and “wing it”? Your tendencies may be tied to how much of an introvert or extrovert you are. One style isn’t necessarily better...
