Catalog Number : agn1490
Title : Avoiding Political Mistakes When Dealing with Physicians
Speaker : Jeff Peters

Webplay Recording Date : 7-29-2008
Webplay Price : $ 195 for two weeks viewing

Webinar Presenter: Jeffry Peters, President Health Directions, LLC

Webinar Title: Avoiding Political Mistakes When Dealing with Physicians

Webinar Purpose:

Political mistakes can destroy the relationship between hospital leaders and physicians, resulting in real damage to a hospital’s market share and profitability. Through examples and case studies, this program will show hospital executives how to avoid and recover from the most common political mistakes in physician relations. Learn how to maintain trust while promoting change, share power meaningfully, line up support for controversial decisions and turn potential crisis into opportunities. Prepare for the most critical encounters – working with doctors on compensation and responding to entrepreneurial physicians.

Webinar Objectives:

• How to work with physicians to avoid and/or to recover from common political mistakes
• How to work with physicians on compensation issues
• How to work with entrepreneurial physicians
• How to create an environment of trust and culture of physician involvement

Target Audience:  Management, directors, managers, and board of trustees.

Contact Hours:  This course has been approved for 1.8 Iowa Nursing Contact Hours. There is usually a reciprocal agreement between state associations to allow these to count for each state. If you have any questions, please ask your state association.