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 | Jul 10, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration
I will never forget a comment made to my medical school class on the first day of medical school. That day was unforgettable. We all met for the first time in this big auditorium, looked around at each other, proud to have made it into medical school, and proud to...
by Steve Berkowitz | May 26, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership
Very early on in my career I was taught that there is both a science of medicine and an art of medicine. The science of medicine is relatively straight forward. It involves the ability to do a comprehensive history and physical exam, develop a differential diagnosis,...
by Steve Berkowitz | May 11, 2015 | Current Events, General, Health care reform, Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration
Physician Splitting between Hospitals…. Hedge or good business? I was visiting with a hospital CEO in Alabama last week and we were talking about the apparent large volume of independent physicians that admit to both his hospital and to the competing facility....
by Steve Berkowitz | Apr 8, 2015 | General, Physician Leadership, The Future of Administration
Toward a safer Emergency Department Environment It’s About Time Our hospital Emergency Departments are busier and more chaotic than ever, and that trend will only continue. In addition to the rise in medical patients, as mental health funding continues to be...
