With all the changes in healthcare over the past few years, many system and hospital leaders now acknowledge the importance of employee engagement. Employees are the one constant in the healthcare equation, and their ability to persevere during times of change can determine whether a healthcare system maintains its quality of care and patient service.
Yet, for some reason, the concept of physician engagement isn’t getting the attention it deserves. Perhaps healthcare leaders assume that physicians are self-motivated and their interest in their patients or research trumps the need to engage them.
But physician engagement is vital to a hospital’s or system’s success. I
Why should hospitals be managed any differently than any other business being run into the ground in America?
Link appears to be broken, but consider the following,
[blockquote]”Perhaps healthcare leaders assume that physicians…”[/blockquote]
This clearly assumes that physicians are no longer healthcare leaders (which may indeed be true).
Healthcare is business, plain and simple. It is not the same as medicine. Why do you think there are “providers” some of whom may be doctors, nurses, or specially trained individuals and some of whom are not. And the administrators have the astronomical salaries. The business model. Only one thing counts in the business model … the bottom line. Then double what BlueOntario noted.