to land a Leader
Modern regulatory deMands on health
care Mean new Models of physician
leadership — and new Methods for
attracting the best candidates.
Y
managed with a
hierarchical style that offered little transparency
and relied upon punitive models for quality control,
according to Becker's Hospital Review. That kind of
leadership won't produce optimal results in today's industry.
Health systems that reshape the physician leader's role have
a head start in the recruitment race and, consequentially,
in long-term success.
eSterday'S PhySician leaderS
remodel, reassess, retain
To attract a modern-era physician leader, healthcare
organizations must begin by defining the executive's role
as collaborative. This remodel reflects not only changes in
the industry — the push for accountable care, the need to
involve clinicians in each step of quality enhancement and
shared electronic health record (EHR) information across the
continuum of care — but also allows leaders from younger
generations to learn from experienced mentors.
Hospitals and health systems must also acknowledge
that, as an article in the New England Journal of Medicine's
CareerCenter put it, "physician executive career options
abound." When potential candidates have many opportunities
to choose from, recruiters are wise to reassess physicians
already on staff, looking for management potential and extraclinical backgrounds, to find leaders among the current team.
Finally, potential leaders want to join a team expressing
mutual respect — one made up of physicians eager to interact
with leadership on quality matters and willing to make changes
because they love their programs. Recruiting a physician
leader means developing a program that naturally retains
the rest of the team. ■
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