Leadership Lessons They Don't Teach in Medical School
Leadership Lessons They Don't Teach in Medical School
Practical moves for leading where profit meets purpose: balance numbers with mission, name tradeoffs, use business tools to advance clinical goals, and keep the patient at the center. Part 2 of a two-part series on healthcare leadership.
Why medicine is not a “normal business,” and what every new leader must understand about information gaps, payment incentives, inelastic demand, barriers to entry, and ethics. Part 1 of a two-part series on healthcare leadership.
Business excecutives in healthcare are not trained in something that is ingrained in doctors training from day one - put the patient first. To ensure that the soul of medicine is not lost executives and doctors must partner in driving growth and change.
Doctors and other clinicians spend years learning how to heal patients, but almost no time learning how to handle contracts, coding, and the business of medicine that shapes clinical care as much as science.