Healthcare Executive — Overcoming Physician Leadership Limbo

Overcoming Physician Leadership Limbo

Addressing the obstacles physicians face when transitioning from medicine to leadership.

This article by Gordon Barnhart, Senior Partner, Physician Leadership, appeared in the ACHE’s Healthcare Executive Magazine.  Below is a brief excerpt with a link to download a .pdf of the full article.

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The emerging healthcare environment requires far more physician leaders than has been necessary in the past. And when physicians move from a clinical to a leadership role, they tend to straddle both worlds at the same time, which can be tension filled as physicians navigate the differences between the practice of medicine and the practice of leadership. These changes are often a major barrier to the performance of the physicians who are stepping into new leadership roles.  Click HERE to download a .pdf of article.

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