by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 22, 2015 | General, Heart Disease, Quality
Last week I returned from a very insightful and stimulating Board meeting of the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care. One of the things that I most love about this meeting of very accomplished physicians and health care leaders is that I always come away with some...
by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 15, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration, Uncategorized
Managing Medical Staff Interventions Hardly a conversation goes by between myself and a fellow Chief Medical Officer where one of us does not bring up an issue regarding a difficult physician on the medical staff and how best to deal with it. Whether the presenting...
by Steve Berkowitz | Sep 4, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership
When I mentor new health care executives, a frequent bread-and-butter topic that we always cover in the program is how to have more productive and effective meetings. Face it, meetings are a huge part of the executive’s day. I for one, really don’t like...
by Steve Berkowitz | Aug 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
It has been over four years since I left my position as Chief Medical Officer of a multi-hospital system in order to pursue full time my love of speaking and teaching. During this time I have had the opportunity to travel extensively throughout the country. I have...
by Steve Berkowitz | Aug 3, 2015 | Current Events, Health care reform, The Future of Administration, Uncategorized
Could Telemedicine keep patients healthier? Four ways visiting a physician could be inadvertently dangerous to a patient’s health As I review the inevitable progress of telemedicine, and how it will ultimately effect whether the patient will actually see the...
