Be caring and compassionate to all people. And work on communication and emotional intelligence—it’s more useful in the end than knowing every nerve in the body.
We began this series talking about “tribes.” As physicians, we belong to a very exclusive and circumscribed club of clinicians who inherently distrust anyone not a member of that tribe. In the hospital setting, this often plays out as “us” (the medical staff) versus “them” (the hospital...
A physician who recently gained attention for his offensive comments about the pay gap between male and female physicians has since stepped down from his leadership positions at Texas Health Plano. Texas Health confirmed that Gary Tigges, MD, an internal medicine physician at Plano Internal...
"Do what you say, say the same thing today that you said yesterday, and if something needs to change, be sure to explain clearly why the change in course."
A study described in an American Journal of Managed Care blog post found that physician burnout is associated with an increased risk of patient safety incidents, lower quality care, and decreased patient satisfaction.
Bylaws should be carefully written to ensure that they can’t be changed casually, but also that amendments don’t face an unreasonable hurdle. This balancing act will be decided differently by various medical staffs.
However the medical staff authorizes amendments to its bylaws, changes...
