In this series of six articles, we introduce an important competency and prepare leaders to function at the intersection of health strategy and enterprise risk.

Knowing how to recognize and take advantage of these impromptu conversations is a worthwhile skill for physician leaders.

Driven by faith, John Fankhauser, quit his family-medicine job and moved his family to Africa. He talks about physician leadership in a nation ravaged by war.

Seminars, online courses, professional development programs, books, podcasts and other resources have never been more accessible for continuing education.

Technology can be a valuable assistant, making organizations more efficient. But data necessary for better outcomes often takes a back seat to bureaucracy.

The author outlines a process similar to peer review in which cases are reviewed, adjudicated, tracked and trended to effectively eradicate the problem.

To be effective leaders, physicians must develop new skills and behaviors beyond those that made them successful clinicians.

Human resources, information technology and finance are integral to creating a new operating system that will transform all health care operations.

An organization must have an aggressive, proactive approach to the recruitment of physician leaders. Here are tips to attract more doctors into management.

Intrusive questions on physicians’ applications is a factor contributing to untreated burnout and related consequences.

Athletic trainers (ATs) have been shown to improve clinical efficiency, enhance patient throughput, and provide high physician and patient satisfaction in various physician practice settings.

One principle seems to be constant, the author writes: As you advance in an organization, your job gets more complicated and what is required of you grows.