By Alan Farris, MBA/MHA, Vice President, Client Solutions
Over the past few months, I have spent a lot of time sharing physician engagement survey results with clients. In the process of trying to create better alignment between physicians and their organizations, several of my clients have expressed concerns about the relationships between physicians and administrators.
Recently, I had an opportunity to talk at length with several physician executives about this issue. They were eager to share...
Posted July 18, 2011
By Alan Farris, MBA/MHA, Vice President, Client Solutions
Over the past 11 years that I have been working with healthcare organizations across the country, many clients have asked me, "In your experience with other healthcare organizations, do you have a client or two that we can speak to about best practices for improving commitment scores?" Other clients have asked, "What does a highly committed or engaged work group look like?"
While I am happy to share other clients' tactics for improving...
Posted May 11, 2011
In his blog post of April 7, 2011, "The Ongoing Dynamics between Physicians and Hospital Administration," my colleague Brad Morton noted that the relationship between hospital administration and physicians is almost always listed in the top three concerns expressed by hospital CEOs. His statement was based on various sources of research. Not surprisingly, our analysis of the physician engagement survey data collected in 2010 revealed that having confidence...
