Publication Description: Research indicates that there is an association between physician leadership and hospital performance.1Hospitals led by physicians have higher US News and World Report (USNWR) quality scores, reduced complication rates, better bed-usage rates, higher physician-satisfaction scores, and financial performance scores that equal those of nonphysician managers.2-4 These findings in the health care sector are in line with new management thinking that organizations led by core-business experts (ie, participants or practitioners in their respective fields) tend to demonstrate better performance.5 A recent article6 suggests that management-led organizations may be lagging because they have not embraced physician input and leadership, thus resulting in resistance to change. Access the Full Article.
