Mike Niehoff M.D.

Thanks Matt, this is a perfect example of what we see in practice improvement all the time.  Your first line is:

“Trying to convince patient to exercise regularly and eat properly is a continuing challenge.”

Is that a problem or solution?  It seems like a solution to me.  What is the problem?  Practice improvement, CPI and PDSA are designe…[Read more]

Thanks Matt, this is a perfect example of what we see in practice improvement all the time.  Your first line is:

“Trying to convince patient to exercise regularly and eat properly is a continuing challenge.”

Is that a problem or solution?  It seems like a solution to me.  What is the problem?  Practice improvement, CPI and PDSA are designed to…[Read more]

This came to my email box from Matt Burday from Christiana, it is a great comment so I moved it here.

First the purpose of the meeting. Under 8 decisional, over 8 informational. Don’t workup decisions with large teams.

Most teams have decisional tasks and the way the meeting is conducted can be a value add or value minus. Formality is key.…[Read more]

I’ve been pondering some questions to ask about meetings…the issue of assignments is of interest. I’ve brought this up locally before….having members work on things outside of the meetings monthly….to engage members..especially new ones…but I can’t seem to get this to happen. I think it would help committee members understand the mission…[Read more]

Welcome to the class Erica.  Great to have you.  Did you go to medical school with your husband?  I met my wife in med school, she is a radiation oncologist here in Annapolis.  It is pretty cool to be learning together in a class despite being so far apart.  I will look forward to following your progress and interacting with you  throughout the p…[Read more]

We have been talking about the new leadership hire story at the local medical center.  Things heated up this week with 2 candidates undergoing the interview process.  My good friend called me an here is how here interview of the candidate went.  Her and her colleague were told to be at a conference room at 9:30am for a 30 minute session.  They bot…[Read more]

Hi Allen, part of what we do is respond to most if not all of the discussion comments.  One thing for sure, we send a personalized welcome through the discussion board that you should receive as an email notification.  

Here is yours. Welcome! 

For selected members we have a special role “Group Leader” that will give you access to an act…[Read more]

I think that is why we are all here, to discuss access.  I see a problem on both sides.  Most physicians would not be able to make sense out of an income statement or even be fluent enough in finance to carry on an effective conversation.  Words are important, just like in medicine.

Second, most financial information is kept away from the pr…[Read more]