Q&A
Role of department chairs and leadership in overseeing clinical operations at H+H
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Council Member Schulman inquires about the selection of department chairs and their role in overseeing clinical operations at H+H. Dr. Katz explains the selection process and emphasizes the importance of hands-on leadership.
- Department chairs are selected by the medical group within each hospital, not by affiliates or H+H central administration
- Dr. Katz encourages all administrative doctors, including chairs, to see patients regularly
- This approach helps leaders understand the challenges faced by frontline physicians
Lynn C. Schulman
1:05:09
Do the so the chairs of the practices, are they selected by the affiliate or by H and H, or it's a joint decision?
Mitch Katz
1:05:15
The medical group at the so in your example, the Woodhall Medical Group determines it.
Lynn C. Schulman
1:05:25
Okay.
1:05:25
So and what what about the other facilities?
Mitch Katz
1:05:28
At every facility, the medical group within it's not PAGNY.
1:05:32
Right.
1:05:33
It's not NYU.
Mercedes Narcisse
1:05:34
Okay.
Mitch Katz
1:05:35
It's not it's the medical group within the hospital that determines it.
Lynn C. Schulman
1:05:40
Do you put an emphasis I know, having worked with a number of chairs, some of them have hands on I know you're a hands on physician.
1:05:48
Do you try to push that
Mitch Katz
1:05:50
We do.
1:05:51
And encourage it?
1:05:52
We do.
1:05:53
We do.
1:05:55
But then sometimes they have the same issues of, you know, mental stress, feeling overwhelmed as everybody else has.
1:06:02
But, yes, we we encourage I I did a big push when I came that I wanted all administrators to see patients because I believe in it.
1:06:10
I think that's what we are, and I I don't accept the idea that anyone is too busy to see patients if you're a doctor.
1:06:19
Right?
1:06:19
That's what you train for.
1:06:20
You should see patients.
1:06:22
So we ask all of the administrative doctors to see patients.
1:06:25
K.
Lynn C. Schulman
1:06:25
Because it helps them to see through the eyes of the actual line physicians Oops.