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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business Review

Despite this lack of focused attention toward development of leadership capabilities in trainees, evidence suggests that leadership quality affects patients, healthcare system outcomes, and finances alike. And several programs stand out as examples of how this can be done.

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How We Transformed Emergency Care at Our Hospital

Harvard Business Review

But eight months before completion, in August 2013, while presenting our expansion plan to the hospital’s board, we had an epiphany. We had near-weekly visits from the Colorado Department of Public Health because of patient complaints and code violations.