Physician Leadership—Goal Setting, Management, and Accountability (516)

Relationship between Ethics Institutionalization and Management Accountability

Background: Accountability has been and is an important and challenging issue in most countries' administrative and political systems and lack of proper and timely response to employees leads to a climate of distrust and coldness. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between institutionalization of ethics and accountability. Method: This is an applied research...

Physician Responsibility and Accountability: Importance of the Diagnosis and Plan.

Our patients come to see us because of concerns and complaints regarding their health and physical well-being. They spend their emotional energy, their time, and their resources (monetary and other) in order for us to provide care. In general, they ask only that we do our best and that we involve them in the decision process. They ask us to listen to them, to perform an examination, to make a d...

Physician professionalism and accountability: the role of collaborative improvement networks.

The medical profession is facing an imperative to deliver more patient-centered care, improve quality, and reduce unnecessary costs and waste. With significant unexplained variation in resource use and outcomes, even physicians and health care organizations with "the best" reputations cannot assume they always deliver the best care possible. Going forward, physicians will need to demonstrate pr...

Medical associations and accountability for physician participation in torture.

Doctors are integral to the practice of modern torture. Some devise torture techniques (like rectal water infusions) in order to minimize incriminating scars. Some monitor and treat prisoners undergoing torture in order to prevent them from unintentionally dying. Some falsify medical records and death certificates to assist regimes in concealing injuries or deaths from torture. Many claim to ac...

Physician engagement and shared accountability. Buzzwords, dilemma or choice?