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The Heart of the Story: My Improbable Journey as a Cardiologist

This inspiring memoir encourages the next generation of young women, whether just entering or already working in the medical profession, to understand not only the risks and sacrifices made by the women who preceded them, but also the positive changes that have been achieved...

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Author: Joan L. Thomas, MD, CPE, FACC, with Sandra J. Parker

The People Value Proposition: See one, Do one, Teach one ... LEAD - A Physician's Journey to Leadership

From topics like The Journey to Leadership and Defining the Leader You Want to Become, to Inspiration and Innovation, this book acknowledges that leadership begins with the individual, but emphasizes that by recognizing and nurturing the value of others, everyone succeeds.

Author: Stanley E. Harris, MD, MA

Reframing Contemporary Physician Leadership: We Started as Heroes

The practice of medicine, today, requires transformational skills. Healthcare challenges are no longer adequately addressed by the traditional paternalistic physician role. Healthcare must be physician-led, but patient-centered. Effective leadership must be collaborative rat...

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Author: Grace E. Terrell, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FACPE

Lessons Learned: Stories from Women Physician Leaders

Women physicians now comprise 50 percent or more of most U.S. medical school classes. Yet relatively few fill the most senior management positions within the healthcare system. At a time when most agree that the U.S. healthcare delivery system needs fundamental change, this ...

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Author: Deborah M. Shlian, MD, MBA

Changing How We Think about Difficult Patients: A Guide for Physicians and Healthcare Professionals

Caring for difficult patients poses a tremendous challenge for physicians, nurses, and clinical practitioners. It may contribute significantly to feelings of burnout, including feelings of exhaustion, cynicism, and lost sense of purpose. This book will give you the benefit o...

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Author: Joan Naidorf, DO

Healthcare Economic Reform: How and Why Physicians Must Lead Change Within Our Evolving Healthcare Economy

Healthcare Economic Reform serves as both an educational overview of how the healthcare economy operates, and a step-by-step guide for physicians to follow in pursuit of making the delivery of healthcare more satisfying. This book will address industry-wide problems and shif...

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Author: Ellis M. Knight, MD, MBA

Physicians and the Law: The Intersection of Medicine, Business, and Medical Malpractice

Healthcare providers encounter complex problems in medical, business, and legal venues on a daily basis, and in an ever-evolving landscape. However, an incomplete understanding of how these three arenas intersect can undermine ability and confidence in handling the resulting...

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Author: Timothy E. Paterick, MD, JD, MBA

Effective Crisis Leadership in Healthcare: Lessons Learned from a Pandemic

Effective Crisis Leadership in Healthcare conveys hard-learned tactics, strategies, and advice to enable healthcare leaders to increase their confidence and mental preparedness prior to the next big catastrophe. This book addresses industry-wide problems revealed by COVID-19...

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Author: Aimee Greeter, MPH, FACHE and Max Reiboldt, CPA

Lucrative Practices: The Comprehensive Handbook for Healthcare Executives

Written as a business reference guide for healthcare executives, office managers, and professionals in independent practice, Lucrative Practices includes detailed “how to” discussions and instructions, tips, forms, templates and guides that steer professionals away from prob...

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Author: Michael B. Spellman, PhD

The Problem Employee: How to Manage the Employees No One Wants to Manage

The Problem Employee presents complete, clear, how-to-do-it strategies for managing problem employees and delves into 17 of the most challenging and diabolical problem employees that healthcare leaders are likely to encounter.

Author: Laura Hills, DA

Affiliation Options for Physicians: Current and Future Strategies

The number of available affiliation options can be nearly as daunting and confusing as the uncertainty surrounding which model is the best fit for any organization. Choosing the correct model is best achieved through foundational knowledge – and with an eye on what you can e...

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Author: Max Reiboldt, CPA

Physician-Led Healthcare Reform: A New Approach to Medicare for All

Today, employed physicians and independent physicians alike feel powerless. Hospital-employed doctors feel like cogs in a machine, and community doctors are increasingly threatened by forces beyond their control. Physician-led healthcare reform would give them back a large m...

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Author: Ken Terry

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