by John Woodcock | Dec 3, 2014 | Executives, Hybrid / Rural
“Alignment” is a trendy word in the healthcare industry today used to describe the concept of various forms of collaboration between hospitals and their physicians to work together to provide exceptional quality care to patients with attractive results. Although this...
by John Woodcock | Dec 3, 2014 | Executives, Hybrid / Rural
There has never been a time of greater emphasis on performance and quality in healthcare than there is today. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 and various insurance payers have created “pay-for-performance” strategies that are intended to put financial pressure...
by John Woodcock | Dec 3, 2014 | Executives, Hybrid / Rural
HospitalMD has been providing our Hybrid Medicine program since 2004. To our knowledge we were the first to commercially implement such a practice. As we have redesigned and improved our model over the years, we have invested significant time in developing training...
by John Woodcock | Dec 3, 2014 | Executives, Hybrid / Rural
A key component for HospitalMD to achieve the levels of success with our Hybrid program we expect and that our clients deserve is Purposeful Leadership. Leadership is not a unique topic, and although everyone understands the importance of leadership, providing that...
by John Woodcock | Dec 3, 2014 | Executives, Hospitalist
It is difficult for most patients to distinguish between good and mediocre medical care for most services. However, patients are very adept at judging how they are treated as a customer. When patients are able to choose where to receive their Hospital Medicine (HM)...
by John Woodcock | Dec 3, 2014 | Executives, Hospitalist
We are often asked where we find our physicians. Hospitals tell us they hope we have a secret source of ideal candidates ready to send to our practice sites. It certainly would be great if we did! The reality is we recruit from the same physician pool that everyone...
