There’s a theme arising in the various conversations I’ve had about leadership lately: The front-line employees are the ones with the real power to transform an organization, leadership just guides them. This, of course, is an intuitive concept, but one that isn’t always embraced by leaders. It’s also a core tenet of a theory — […]
Read MoreAccording to this year’s Severinghaus Lecturer, the labeling approved by the Food and Drug Administration for methadone is wrong. So are the published clinical guidelines for the use of methadone to treat pain and drug addiction in both adult and pediatric patients. The short explanation is that methadone metabolism and clearance are mediated predominately by […]
Read MoreFor physician anesthesiologists, much of the discussion of the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model of care has focused on clinical processes, with its economic impact taking a back seat.. “We are tending to look at this from our own internal anesthesiology-driven perspective. But the reality is that payers are not always going to see things […]
Read More“The real key is to understand that the electronic health record in whatever format it takes is a tool, like a pencil or a typewriter or a hammer is a tool,” Dr. Doyle said. “People have tended to focus on the fact it is an electronic record instead of the fact it is a clinical […]
Read MoreFor managers, directors, and anyone else in a similar role, the words you use when speaking with your employees really matter. It’s not just what you communicate, but how you communicate it. The psychological impact of language is something that many professionals tend to forget, especially when up against a deadline or working with a […]
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