When you try to raise a concern about the way your team is functioning, you may find that the conversation suddenly turns into an attack on you. Here’s why “doing the right thing” can provoke a defensive response where people dismiss your message and...

The integration of augmented intelligence (AI) in clinical settings is revolutionizing healthcare, but it also brings its own set of challenges. In this episode, Maria Granzotti, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FABQAURP, FACHE, dives into the current landscape ...

When your mind feels blank and all you want to do is zone out, it’s more difficult but not impossible to experience your breakthrough. By putting yourself in the right mental state and environments, you can find your creativity.

When your mind feels blank and all you want to do is zone out, it’s more difficult but not impossible to experience your breakthrough. By putting yourself in the right mental state and environments, you can find your creativity.

Strategies for managing disruptive behavior in healthcare through leadership and organizational efforts.

According to the authors, working adults have a fundamental misunderstanding of what it means to be resilient. Yes, resilience involves working hard, but it also requires one to stop, recover, and then begin the hard work again. Recovery is key to ma...

There’s a lot to learn when star performers like you take that first big management job. And the most important learning has little to do with the technical aspects of the job, and a lot to do with you as a person.

AI is revolutionizing healthcare by improving efficiency and early risk detection, but careful integration is key.

Only 15% of managers consistently use gen AI, but 40% of business graduate students do. These managers and leaders of the near future will soon enter a workforce that is underprepared for them and poorly designed for them to put their abilities to us...

A physician-led Employee Wellness Committee was established at a hospital to foster wellness-centered leadership, aiming to reduce stress and burnout while showing appreciation to all staff. This approach not only promoted a culture of well-being amo...

Sociologist Elena Portacolone found many older adults in San Francisco with cognitive impairment living alone. Her UCSF project estimates 4.3M similar cases in the U.S., highlighting a largely invisible and vulnerable population.

Learn how outsourcing can decrease overhead without compromising patient care, patient satisfaction, online reputation management, and staff morale.

The integration of augmented intelligence (AI) in clinical settings is revolutionizing healthcare, but it also brings its own set of challenges. In this episode, Maria Granzotti, MD, MBA, CPE, CHCQM, FABQAURP, FACHE, dives into the current landscape ...

Despite backlash against DEI initiatives, workplace inequity remains a significant issue. This article explores the importance of equity in healthcare organizations, offering 12 strategies for leaders and examples of effective equity statements.

This article explores the persistent issue of gender inequality in healthcare leadership drawing from the author's personal experiences, historical analysis of exceptional women leaders, and contemporary social research.

Trust within organizations isn’t easy to pin down. But trust is the crucial ingredient of organizational effectiveness. Building it, maintaining it, and restoring it when it is damaged must be at the top of every chief executive’s agenda.

Drawing on extended interviews with outgoing executives, this article discusses the five psychological crossroads that leaders face when they step down and offers advice on what boards and CEOs can do to navigate each one more deftly.

Believing the conventional wisdom that they have roughly 90 days to prove themselves, many new CEOs get into trouble by launching bold initiatives before they’ve won the support and trust they need to effect change.

When you try to raise a concern about the way your team is functioning, you may find that the conversation suddenly turns into an attack on you. Here’s why “doing the right thing” can provoke a defensive response where people dismiss your message and...

Rex Hoffman, MD, MBA, FACHE, CPE, discusses his book I Want to Be a Chief Medical Officer: Now What? He shares insights on the career path to becoming a Chief Medical Officer, including necessary steps, qualifications, and experiences. Hoffman emphas...

Employers can improve hiring and retention of healthcare workers by offering competitive wages, fostering a supportive work environment, and providing opportunities for professional growth. Addressing labor shortages, understanding generational expec...

North Carolina's ambitious plan to tackle medical debt, announced by Gov. Roy Cooper in July, faced opposition from hospitals but ultimately secured federal approval. Now, all 99 hospitals in the state must eliminate patient debt to receive Medicaid ...

Review of the healthcare statistical highlights from the third quarter of 2024.

Since 2010, 149 rural hospitals in the United States have either closed or stopped providing in-patient care, according to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina.

Like many other companies, Deloitte realized that its system for evaluating the work of employees — and then training them, promoting them, and paying them accordingly — was increasingly out of step with its objectives. It searched for something nimb...

Researchers examine the negative impact that handing over choice responsibility can have on delegator-delegate relationships. They offer research-backed solutions for delegating decisions more fairly in order to offset some of delegation’s negative i...

To learn more about the problems that affect leadership teams, the authors interviewed more than 100 CEOs and senior executives in a multiyear research program. They identified three main patterns of dysfunction. This article helps leadership teams d...

AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.

Health misinformation threatens healthcare; physicians can leverage patient trust to combat it effectively.

The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, and so must we as physicians and leaders.