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 | 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...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jul 22, 2015 | Current Events, Health care reform, Uncategorized
Health insurance will only work if everyone plays. I have written about this several times in the past couple years. We are in the midst of multiple challenges and controversies over insurance and health care access on both a local and national level. Mandating...
by Steve Berkowitz | Jun 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
My role model was Marcus Welby. I remember as a young child watching the Marcus Welby show judiciously every week. What a role model. What a tremendous doc. And medicine was his calling. He was completely devoted to his patients. Day or night he would always make sure...
by Steve Berkowitz | Feb 2, 2015 | Health care reform, The Future of Administration, Transparency, Uncategorized
The New Health Literacy Transparency goes into Overdrive We are seeing an inexorable rise in what is now called “Health Literacy”. In my February newsletter, I am addressing the issues of health literacy and what hospitals and physicians need to do to...
