Engaging Physicians: A Manual to Physician Partnership

Too often, leadership teams struggle with physician involvement in quality and service initiatives. The failure to engage and involve physicians early in change efforts can significantly slow implementation in both the hospital and clinic environment. Engaging Physicians, by Dr. Stephen C. Beeson, shares a tested, staged approach to bringing these critical leaders on board.

A follow-up to Dr. Beeson's widely acclaimed and best-selling Practicing Excellence, This book offers a how-to approach to enrolling physicians in organizational change efforts and leveraging physicians influence to transform culture. You'll learn how to:

Create and boldly project a compelling organizational vision

Assemble a high-performance leadership structure, built to achieve outcomes based on a proven evidence-based leadership model

Select, develop, and activate effective physician champions to lead change

Train and develop physicians using proven behaviors that dramatically improve clinical care and the patient experience

Use performance feedback and data reporting to physicians to drive and improve quality and service outcomes

Create, communicate, and implement physician behavioral standards consistent with an organizational vision

Manage disruptive physicians in a proactive, fair, and consistent manner

Rccognize physicians in a way that generates physician organizational loyalty

"The intention of this manual is to help leaders and physicians care for the patient above all else, and to make the pursuit of saving lives and making a difference our shared purpose," says Dr. Beeson. "When you can stand together, side-by-side with physicians, and when physicians become champions for the mission, your organization will become unstoppable."