Leadership is the key to chief medical officer success.

Senior physician executives were surveyed in 1998/99 to ascertain that they see as their greatest value to their organizations. They believe that their most significant contribution is their accumulated knowledge and experience--both in medicine and management. This medical management perspective is considered the key advantage of serving on the senior management team and helping to shape the organization's decisions and direction.

The next step for physician executives?

The next step for career growth for many physician executives will be the top leadership role in a health care organization. The availability of such positions for physicians has been limited in the past but could very well open in the future. As physicians, administrators, and boards begin to trust each other more and form meaningful partnerships, the potential for physician CEOs increases.

Physician leadership. Physician executives share insights.

Senior physician executives were asked to share their insights about how the medical management field has evolved. The Physician Executive Management Center, a Tampa, Florida-based search firm, has been surveying senior physician executives each year for the past decade. This year's report on physician executive compensation and duties in hospitals, managed care organizations, and group practices provides an excellent picture of the growth of the profession, as well as a broad perspective of anticipated changes for the future of medical management.

The changing role of physician executives.

Throughout the nation, physician executives are taking on new and emerging roles-from brokering the purchase of information systems and creating managed care networks to functioning as systemwide consultants, facilitators, and educators. This article offers profiles of eight creative physician executives-including their current roles and responsibilities, recommendations for emerging physician executives, and forecasts for the years ahead.

Compensation for chiefs of staff: a '90s phenomenon.

As part of its annual survey of physician executive compensation levels, the Physician Executive Management Center, a Tampa, Fla.-based physician executive search firm, sought information on compensation of medical staff leaders. In this report, the Center's findings are summarized.

Pros and cons of clinical practice.

Physician executives, especially those who are new to the profession or who are beginning career moves to positions of increasingly higher management responsibilities, are faced with the decision of maintaining a level of clinical practice or leaving practice altogether. This article explores the advantages and the disadvantages of mixing practice and management that have been expressed by physician executives.