2. Objectives
Common Misconceptions
Understand Why Physicians &
Administrators Don’t Mesh Well
Why Collaboration Is Needed In
Order To Fix The Healthcare System
33. The perceived
gap includes:
Difference in thinking and approach
Priorities and incentives
Roles and responsibilities
34. Physician Administrator
Focus
Individual patient survival Organizational survival
Education
Structured. Uniform Unspecified. Highly varied.
How to handle expertise?
Individually possess & use Orchestrate. Facilitate.
Time Horizon
Short term Long term
35. Physician Administrator
Decision-making
Independent. Rapid Group process. Deliberate
Job defined by
Accreditation, licensure Job description
Mgmt. Approach
Authoritative; act alone Collaborative, communal
Professionally accountable to:
Professional standards & peers
Hospital Board
external to hospital
55. Nursing
Process Engineering
Team
Physicians
Makeup
Medical Staff
Administrators
56. The team goal is to identify
operational inefficiencies
and develop solutions that
will address either cost,
quality, access, or all three.
57.
58. “Columbia Hospital System”
– performs 800 Angiograms / year
Boston Scientific
• $22.00
• Used Occasionally
Cordis
• $27.00
• 1 Radiologist Use Regularly
Terumo
• $35.50
• 3 Radiologists Uses Regularly
59. “Columbia Hospital System”
– Total spend on Angiographic Catheters: $26,700
Boston Scientific
• $9,100 savings to switch to Boston Scientific
Cordis
• $5,100 savings to switch to Cordis
• Cordis will give us a 10% discount for ordering from them.
Terumo
• We would see no savings
• Most Liked By Physicians
60. VAT Question:
Is there a clinical advantage of
Terumo over Cordis over Boston
Scientific?
Why do our Radiologists insist
on using Terumo products.
61. 5 Things To Look For In
A Physician-Hospital
Aligned Organization
62. Commitment to quality
Active communication
Collaborative decision-
making
Dependable support
services
Win-Win financial
relationships