Fire Starter Publishing

The forces reshaping our industry are driving physicians into an ever-brighter spotlight. Regardless of which healthcare delivery model ends up rising to the top, we know these men and women will play a pivotal role to an unprecedented degree.

Physician integration is critical to an organization's ability to run smoothly and efficiently. The goal is to help physicians become engaged, enthusiastic partners in the truest sense of the word—which optimizes HCAHPS results and creates a better continuum of high-quality patient care.

Below are several resources available to help you thrive in the pay-for-performance era.

Featured Reading:

Excellence with an Edge

Whether you own a two- or three-person practice or you're a first-year physician in an 800-member faculty practice, you need a solid grasp of the business side of making a living in healthcare. This is a solid tactical book to help you get started.

*Great gift for National Medical Group Practice week January 22nd - 28th!

Engaging Physicians

Physician integration is critical to an organization's ability to run smoothly and efficiently. Engaging Physicians is designed for healthcare leaders and physicians to answer every question regarding getting physicians "on board" to optimize organizational change.

Practicing Excellence

Practicing Excellence is your guide to implementing physician leadership and behaviors that will create a high performance workplace built on collaboration, commitment, purpose, and making a difference in the lives of the patients it serves.

*Bulk discounts available and excellent gift for National Doctor's Day coming in March!

Leadership and Medicine

A book that makes sense of complex challenges of healthcare and offers a wealth of practical advice to future generations. This book will inspire and enlighten leaders who work for every type of healthcare organization at every level of the hierarchy. Dr. Loop wields his personal philosophy on leadership as a prism through which he examines, with disarming honesty, the trials and triumphs of his career.

The HCAHPS Handbook

As value-based purchasing changes the healthcare landscape forever, organizations need to execute quickly and consistently, achieve better outcomes across the board, and sustain improvements. This book provides tactics and shows how to improve your scores and sustain results. Click here to read more.

Featured Training DVD:

Building Patient Trust with AIDET® Training Module

Built in partnership with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Studer Group, the Building Patient Trust with AIDET® training DVD is ideal for training staff, leaders and physician groups on how to use the key communication steps of AIDET®: Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation and Thank You.

Participants will learn the what, why and how of reducing patient anxiety, improving clinical outcomes and creating a better patient experience with AIDET®.

Upcoming National Healthcare Holidays:

Intravenous Nurse Day – January 25
Medical Group Practice Week – January 22 - 28
January National Thank You Month
Patient Recognition Week – February 5 - 11
Pride in Food Services Week – February 12 - 18

Coming Soon!

Quint Studer's newest book provides the skill set every employee needs to be happier, engaged, and more productive. Positivity is what employees—and the leaders who count on them—really want. Learn more.

Free Downloadable Resources

Interested in more resources? Becoming a partner with Studer Group provides many more resources and benefits. To learn more about Studer Group coaching, visit www.studergroup.com.

Studer Group Institutes

Welcome to the age of the aligned, engaged, loyal physician—Is your organization ready to compete? Practicing Excellence: Engaging Physicians to Execute System Performance will teach you how to integrate physicians into your health system. Designed for organization leaders, physician leaders and anyone who works with physicians, this institute is packed with practical tips.

Start the New Year off right! Attend Taking You and Your Organization to the Next Level and you'll learn exactly how to drive improved results during the first Value-Based Purchasing performance period. You'll walk away with specific tactics proven to get fast results in the areas that truly count. Learn more...

Free Studer Group Webinars:

Available January 26th:
Operational Framework for Medical Staff Integration, by Quint Studer, Founder of Studer Group

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