CMW tip of the week: Learn the physician advisor role
Case Management Weekly, November 18, 2009
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Editor’s note: This week’s tip is a Q&A that appears in the HCPro book Hospital Case Management Models: Evidence for Connecting the Boardroom to the Bedside. For more information about this book or to order it visit the HCMarketplace.
Q: How can a good physician who is interested in being a physician advisor learn the role?
A: Spending a few days with an effective physician advisor in a similar type hospital is one way. Finding a mentor to guide you for a few days during your first month in the position is another. Potential physician advisors also should also spend time with case mangers to learn their needs and review available data pertaining to physician and case management activities.
Undecided physicians should attend one of several national conferences that address the subject. They also can benefit from reading one or two of the leading texts specifically on hospital case management.
Have a tip or tool you’d like to share or maybe a question for our experts? E-mail it to editor Ben Amirault at bamirault@hcpro.com.Your comments or ideas could appear in a future issue of Case Management Weekly.
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