Be thorough and discerning when interviewing with medical groups. Gain experience, evaluate group dynamics, ask insightful questions, and trust your instincts to ensure the best fit for your career and future partnerships.

Hospitals nationwide assert they won't deny care based on immigration status.

Professionals today are focused on doing mode — achieving goals and checking items off of to-do lists to satisfy their managers and companies. But better relationships, bigger-picture strategic and creative thinking, and personal well-being and satis...

Be thorough and discerning when interviewing with medical groups. Gain experience, evaluate group dynamics, ask insightful questions, and trust your instincts to ensure the best fit for your career and future partnerships.

Physicians hold a significant responsibility and influence in society, both professionally and personally. Their actions and behaviors are constantly observed by others, and they have the opportunity to lead by example, demonstrating altruism, commit...

Effective medical practice requires a blend of genuine compassion, efficient use of technology, and a consistent, confident approach to patient care. By fostering a caring culture, utilizing systems to their full potential, and maintaining consistenc...

In 2021, researchers at MIT and McKinsey teamed up to ask more than 100 companies how they were using AI in their operations and to learn what separated the highest-performing companies from the rest. They conducted a similar survey in 2023 to see wh...

Confronting direct reports about performance issues can feel overwhelming, especially for first-time managers, who may worry that sharing critical feedback could damage their relationship with the employee. But performance conversations, especially w...

This article delves into the critical issue of AI "hallucinations" — when chatbots produce false or misleading information — and offers strategies for identifying, avoiding, and eliminating these inaccuracies to ensure reliable content.

Hospitals nationwide assert they won't deny care based on immigration status.

Managing stress is crucial for maintaining mental and physical health, especially in high-stress professions like medicine. Proactive stress management can prevent severe consequences and improve overall well-being.

While understanding a complex disease like long COVID is crucial, there is an urgent need for a balanced approach that prioritizes both research into the disease and the development of effective treatments. Patients are suffering and need immediate r...

Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, discusses the potential and risks of psychedelics and cannabis in medicine, stressing the need for responsible use and scientific research.

Online platforms from Amazon to Goodreads to IMDb tap into the so-called “wisdom of the crowd” to rate products and experiences. But recent research suggests that more experienced buyers tend to select better products and therefore expect higher qual...

The post-discharge clinic improved follow-up appointment scheduling by granting patient navigator coordinators access to clinic providers' schedules. This flexible, patient-preferred system reduced no-shows, increased cancellations in advance, and bo...

Professionals today are focused on doing mode — achieving goals and checking items off of to-do lists to satisfy their managers and companies. But better relationships, bigger-picture strategic and creative thinking, and personal well-being and satis...

Jenna Miller, MD, offers a detailed guide for women physicians facing fertility challenges, highlighting the necessity for medical leaders to address and mitigate obstacles to fertility for those delaying family planning due to their training.

Art Lazarus, MD, who transitioned from clinical care to writing discusses how he uses storytelling to educate and humanize medicine, emphasizing its impact on practice and leadership.

There are systematic individual differences in how people present themselves, and these differences predict people’s leadership style and competence. When you are able to put thousands of leaders through the same self-report questionnaires, and you l...

Technology, geopolitics, and consumer habits are driving an unprecedented rate of change at a time when the organizations are already in flux with the rise of generative AI, remote work, and an aging workforce. Against this backdrop, employee learnin...

Storytelling in professional settings is important, particularly for physician leaders, and advocates for a structured, story-driven approach to enhance the effectiveness of workplace presentations and meetings.

U.S. healthcare spending has outpaced GDP, reaching 19.4% by 2027. Aging populations and lack of price regulation drive costs. Significant price variations and little correlation between price and quality contribute to waste. Consumers face higher ou...

Healthcare entrepreneurs need to rethink sales and marketing, focus on education, networking, and branding.

Current prior authorization processes can create significant barriers to necessary medical treatment, causing frustration and potential harm to patients. This underscores the need for reforms and legislative action to streamline these processes, ensu...

The most-engaged employees work together in ways companies don’t even realize.

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...

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.

The July 2024 CrowdStrike incident demonstrates the need to develop capabilities to assess the downstream business impact of cyber events, establish appropriate cyber resiliency objectives, and ensure effective communication for better cyber risk man...

The traditional handshake, a 3,000-year-old symbol of trust and friendship, may need to be replaced with hand hygiene practices to reduce hospital-acquired infections and ensure safer patient interactions.