Better Communication for Better Care: Mastering Physician-Administrator Collaboration

This is a really useful book for those who work in the healthcare industry. I found the stories to be enlightening and inspiring. The book is a great tool for those who want to better understand how to cross the many functional divides within healthcare. It also provided for me several facilitative tools that I could use to initiate dialogue between disparate parties.

This book, a nice blend of issues and opportunities relating to physician-executive relationships, is based on well researched materials coupled with very relevant case studies. The publication is concise, to the point and an easy read. I would recommend this book both for both new and seasoned administrators-it is an excellent summary of what it takes to ensure successful medical staff-hospital relations.

One of the the most vexing problems our community hospitals CEO's face is their relationship with the private medical staff. In a period of declining reimbursement, high malpractice costs and increasing administrative costs that place great presssure on physicians to act with greater self interest it is easy to have a breakdown in communications. This book goes a long way in helping one to realize that neither party is powerless in a situation of a seemingly misalignment of objectives. The ideas are very decent and likely to have application in a real world situation.

Dr. Cohn's book is a must read for administrator's who want win-win situations and mean it. The book provides a rationale and insight into the physician's mindset, while giving concrete examples of the many pitfalls one can encounter in dealing with the complexities of medical staff problems.It is short and to the point; I actually wish some chapters were longer with more examples. If our CEO had read this book, we might not be in the situation we are in now.