A new type of Physician leader

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!! I am just back from a week of teaching for the American College of Physician Executives in Orlando FL. Two other faculty members and I ran our two courses--the Three Faces of Quality and the Advanced Applications in Quality. We had nearly 140 docs total in the classrooms. It was an intense week as I ran back and forth between the two rooms and interacted with colleagues from around the nation. Several themes emerged for me---how hard everyone is working and their desire to make a difference as our nation contemplates major changes in health care. The attendees were enthusiastic and committed. They worked through a huge amount of material and a handful of key cases as well. Another theme that emerged was the widespread recognition that pay for performance will grow exponentially and that every health care organization needs to get ready. Docs can play a key leadership role in this transition too. If you would like to learn more about these courses please visit www.acpe.org. This coming week we will continue to prepare for the opening of our Jefferson School of Population Health and our first Open House, on Saturday, February 7th in downtown Philadelphia, right on our campus. I will have much more to say about the school in subsequent posts. DAVID NASH