Conducting an intervention with a practitioner who is impaired, disruptive, or performing poorly can be emotionally draining for even the most experienced physician leader. The process is made a bit easier if the leader is prepared. Therefore, plan, practice, and then carry out the intervention. The question of who should conduct the intervention really has two parts.

As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, many MSPs across the country have transitioned to working remotely and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Managing these virtual teams presents some different challenges and new twists on traditional team building and conflict resolution. Here are five tips for managing virtual teams.

Tennessee-based Ballad Health dismissed Nathan Smith, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon who invited then-CEO of Bristol Regional Medical Center Greg Neal to participate in a surgery without a medical license. Neal was in the operating room to observe the procedure, but upon Smith’s invitation, he made the initial incision. After conducting an investigation, Ballad asked Neal to resign.

CRC members can peruse all of the online articles from the August 2020 issues of CRCJ and MSB—as well as full-color PDFs—here:

• CRCJ
• MSB

To access the relevant full-issue PDF, select "DOWNLOAD FULL ISSUE" at the top of the page.

When we hear the terms frontline workers or people on the front lines, we often picture medical scrubs and stethoscopes, physicians covered head to toe in personal protective equipment, nurses treating patients, and so forth. First responders such as police officers, firefighters, and EMTs may also come to mind, as well as those working in pharmacies and grocery stores—potentially exposing themselves to the virus in order to protect us or enable us to continue to obtain our essentials. The person most people do not picture is the MSP, who plays a crucial role in determining whether physicians and other clinical practitioners are trained, competent, and eligible to practice medicine on those front lines.