Steve Berkowitz
Posted on October 24, 2023 by
Steve Berkowitz
PROMOTING LEADERSHIP BENCH STRENGTH IN YOUR MEDICAL GROUP: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF SUCCESSION PLANNING There is no doubt that there is a need for more physician leadership depth in health care. In the past, there truly was a physician leadership void. Most physicians entered the medical field with the goal of practicing excellent clinical medicine—which… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on August 30, 2023 by
Steve Berkowitz
Take the Opportunity for Education and Developing Respect I was talking to a hospital Chief Medical Officer (CMO) recently who related the following story: A patient on post-operative day 2 suddenly developed a brief seizure that was witnessed by the attending physician. The physician elected to treat the patient conservatively and the patient did well… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on August 14, 2023 by
Steve Berkowitz
For Effective Physician to Physician Communication, Direct Is Best I must admit that I am getting more impressed with the ability of the various electronic medical records’ (EMR) ability to capture and transfer information. Slowly but surely, the profession is integrating the individual EMRs that hospitals and physicians have independently acquired, and are gradually developing… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on July 22, 2020 by
Steve Berkowitz
Welcome back. After a three-year hiatus hanging out in the medical executive world, I am resuming my weekly blogs. There’s so much to catch up with and no shortage of material. I hope you find my postings informative, thought-provoking, enlightening, and at times, even make you smile. I always welcome your feedback. As I sit… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on September 27, 2017 by
Steve Berkowitz
I posted this blog in September of 2015, but it is very applicable to all CMO’s. In fact, I am currently dealing with a hospital CMO that is dealing with a very difficult and sensitive situation and we discussed these four principles just a few hours ago… Managing Medical Staff Interventions Hardly a conversation goes… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on April 7, 2017 by
Steve Berkowitz
The obligation to advocate the medical staff consensus Over the years in my chief medical officer advisory program, I have frequently encountered a participant getting caught in one of the most insidious traps that a physician executive can encounter… the obligation to advocate the consensus of the medical staff. At first this seems like a… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on January 2, 2017 by
Steve Berkowitz
A common complaint that I hear from Chief Medical Officers is that they are required to attend too many meetings. Meetings seem to be a way of life for the executive. Even worse, meetings can develop a life of their own- one meeting seems to beget another one. Furthermore, some meetings seem to go on… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on December 5, 2016 by
Steve Berkowitz
One more flight and I am home after a long couple days of meetings and traveling. I was looking forward to getting back to Austin in a little more than two hours. I was even upgraded to first class, so I was especially happy as we boarded the plane. I sat down and relaxed for… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on November 23, 2016 by
Steve Berkowitz
From a calling to a job… and maybe back to a calling Have we come full circle? I have written in the past about how the practice of medicine in my lifetime has gone from a calling to a profession to a job. When I was a medical student, most of us felt that becoming… Continue Reading >>
Steve Berkowitz
Posted on October 6, 2016 by
Steve Berkowitz
We have certainly had our fill of evidence-based guidelines driven into us over the years. And slowly but surely, physicians and health care institutions are adopting best practices that are truly improving care. We are all becoming more “evidence-based” in our thinking and in our fundamental interactions with patients… this is a good thing. The… Continue Reading >>
