Healthcare Administration

Strategy and Management Counseling

Why Strategic Planning is a Must for Practices

BY
The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Nick Hernandez Strategic planning is not the same as operational planning.  The former is focused on broad and long-lasting ...

Leadership

Five Ways to Create and Keep a Top-Notch Hospital Leadership Team

BY
The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Kim Bassett “The whole is better than the sum of its parts.” Aristotle said this an eon ago and ...

Operations

Three Dimensions of Medical Practice Cohesion

BY
The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Nick Hernandez Cohesion is the intense bonding of employees, strengthened over time, that results in absolute trust.  It is ...

Leadership

Everyone in Healthcare is a Leader

BY
The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Kim Bassett Everyone involved in providing healthcare to a patient is a leader, regardless of their position or job ...

Leadership Operations

The Reason Many Medical Practice Change Initiatives Fail

BY
The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Nick Hernandez Good is rarely good enough, and opportunities for improvement are never lacking. Unfortunately, the success rate of ...

Human Resources

Retaining New Physician … The First Five Years

BY
The Western PA Healthcare News Team

By Kim Bassett It takes a lot of time to recruit the right physician.   When you finally find a ...

Healthcare Administration

First FMEC Healthcare Executive Retreat Deemed a Rousing Success

BY
The Western PA Healthcare News Team

Last fall, the Family Medicine Education Consortium (FMEC) launched the first of what it hopes could become an annual event, ...