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Leveraging Complexity in Health Organizations

 

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Addressing Challenges Of Today's Physician Leaders

   
 

Pressures on physician leaders are greater now than they have ever been. Changes to the healthcare industry and a greater focus on innovation and quality delivery have driven many physician-executives to try and implement new ways of doing things that build excellence, and ensure competitiveness of their organizations in today’s changeable market.

Whether you are a Chief Medical Officer, Physician-Executive, Director of an Independent Practice Association, Leader of a Physician Network, or simply a physician that has experienced the difficulties of managing change in your organization, each of you have felt the pressure to make the right change happen smoothly in your health systems.

Maybe you are experiencing it right now.

See if any of these challenges sound familiar:

You see that there is a gap that needs to be bridged  between the strategies of the administration/executive team and the daily practice of the frontline clinical staff ... 

You are under greater pressure to lead the efforts that drive new ways of thinking and delivering care in your health system, and to motivate others to do the same…


You’ve been bumping up against the fact that the speed with which your initiatives must be implemented is in direct opposition to the “norm” of how new practice/treatments are typically adopted over time in health care …which can be up to 15 years!


You struggle with effective ways to communicate your strategy, and are constantly dealing with the "what's in it for them" attitude from your staff


You are tasked with being a strategic thinker and risk-taker … and have been dealing with the fall-out that comes from your more “risk-averse” colleagues who are unaccustomed to adopting change so rapidly


Your efforts at initiating changes in your system have been limited by the autonomy your front-line physicians and clinical staff have, allowing them to remain detached from initiatives and either fail to “buy-in” to the program or fail to follow-through on making practice changes


Your front-line physicians and clinical staff do not embrace the idea of change, and resistance is high to changing the status quo


You are working in an inherently complex environment, where cookie-cutter, “corporate-based” approaches to change do not work, and you need to find a more meaningful  way of doing things for your group


You have discovered that the informal systems in your group (social networks, etc.) have a lot of “clout” when it comes to successfully rolling out new programs, and you need to figure out how to either harness their energy, or limit the damage that they can do


You are frustrated that  evidence-based and well-planned out initiatives fail to “stick” or remain sustainable over time


You are losing competitive edge to other health care providers, based on inefficient, chaotic or “old-school” ways of doing things


There is a way to make change in your health system roll out more smoothly, with less “resistance, more “buy-in”, and greater sustainability in the long-term.

   
 

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"Success in today's ever-changing health care environment demands agility - a capacity for rapid change and flexibility..."


*From The Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Program, 2007 Health Care Criteria For Performance Excellence

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