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"What Have We Done for Us Lately?"--Defining Performance and Value at the Individual Clinician Level
Katherine H Dobie1, Vikram Tiwari2, Warren S Sandberg3
1Division of Ambulatory Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1211 21st Avenue South, MAB722, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
Anesthesiology Clinics
|November 28, 2015
Summary
Healthcare consolidation pressures anesthesia professionals to enhance their value. Large practices can assess clinicians individually, offering career development and compensation incentives to boost professional value and career growth.
Area of Science:
- Healthcare Management
- Anesthesiology Practice
Background:
- Healthcare and anesthesiology practice consolidation creates competitive pressures.
- Anesthesia professionals must offer enhanced value beyond standard patient care to remain competitive.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore strategies for anesthesia practices to improve clinician value and career development.
- To investigate the role of individual-level value assessments and incentives in enhancing professional offerings.
Main Methods:
- Pooling resources and leadership efforts within large anesthesia departments and group practices.
- Implementing individual-level value assessments for clinicians.
- Developing interlocking programs for ongoing assessment, career development coaching, and compensation.
Main Results:
- Large practices can conduct individual clinician value assessments.
- Clinicians can be incentivized to improve their personal value proposition.
- Integrated programs can accelerate career and capability development for individual clinicians.
Conclusions:
- Anesthesiology departments and group practices can foster clinician development and value.
- Individualized career curation and capability acceleration are achievable through structured programs.
- This approach enhances the overall value proposition of anesthesia professionals in a consolidating healthcare landscape.
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