Paul B. Hofmann is a health care consultant.
“The Power of Vulnerability,” a TED Talk by Brené Brown, PhD, has been viewed more than 66 million times. Rather than interpreting vulnerability as a sign of weakness, she suggests that it is a measure of courage, which, in turn, is the “birthplace of innovation, creativity and change.” She asserts the courage to acknowledge imperfection, to be kind to ourselves and to others, actually strengthens us. Brown concedes that …
“Administrative harm is destroying American medicine” is the title of a provocative article published in the July 13, 2024, issue of KevinMD by Arthur Lazarus, MD, MBA. He references business entrepreneur and billionaire Michael B. Kim, who said: “Leadership without ethics is a body without a soul.” As examples of administrative harms, Dr. Lazarus cites “unrealistic staffing models, burdensome regulations, out-of-touch administrators, lack of frank feedback to leaders, and …
Everyone recognizes that respect is essential in critical relationships with colleagues, patients, their families, and others. So why should the topic deserve closer scrutiny?
Seven Ways to Fix Policing NOW: Building Trust, Authentic Partnerships, and Safe Communities was authored by Kathleen O’Toole and my colleague Robert Peirce. They describe why a Chicago detective had such an exceptional gift for handling even the most fraught situations.
He explained that “everyone was born a …
A KevinMD article about Jimmy Carter’s end-of-life care decision, “The heartbreaking story of Jimmy Carter: a call for Medicare reform in end-of-life care,” indicated that the former president’s decision was heartbreaking. However, I have a different view. In my opinion, the 39th president, at age 98, made an autonomous and well-informed decision.
On February 18, The Carter Center announced in a statement that “after a series of short hospital stays, …
Would a Hippocratic Oath for health care executives make a difference? Probably not. Nonetheless, there is ample evidence that the organizational cultures of too many hospitals are not conducive to physician well-being.
In a provocative blog posted on May 2, 2019, emergency medicine physician Mark Borden indicated a Hippocratic Oath was urgently needed for administrators.
Dr. Borden wrote: “Physician employment was, and is, obviously an intrinsically flawed structure …
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