Jan 20, 2016 | Read First
Transforming Healthcare: What It Takes To Be “Fresh” In 2016 Which would you rather drink: water from a river or a puddle? When seeking a natural source of water, we are taught to drink from moving water, as it remains fresh. Shifts of weather and influences of other...
Dec 16, 2015 | Read First
At the request of her staff, Dr. Sara Teal, medical director, negotiated change in her work schedule. After making the case and getting approval from administration, she shared the good news with staff, only to be met with resistance. Frustrated and confused, she...
Jul 21, 2015 | Career Success, Read First
According to research by the international, non-profit organization, Catalyst, Fortune 500 companies with more than three female physicians on their Board of Directors achieved superior sales and higher return on equity and net profits. Although women are beginning to...
Jun 18, 2014 | Read First
Medicine isn’t an individual act; it is a team process. Harvard Business School researchers, Robert Huckman and Gary Pisano, tracked over 200 cardiac surgeons practicing at 43 hospitals. After analyzing more than 38,000 procedures, Huckman and Pisano found that...
May 20, 2014 | Read First
Dr. Atul Gawande, a surgeon and journalist, wrote about his coaching experience in the article, “Personal Best,” in the New Yorker in 2011. He points out that professional athletes at the top of their game have coaches, as do the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies....
