With the election of Donald J. Trump as the next president, the future of the Affordable Care Act is uncertain. It’s in the midst of such uncertainty that the industry needs great physician leadership.
Today, only 5% of the country’s 6,500 hospitals are led by physicians, said (reg. req.) Cheryl Pegus, M.D., director of the division of general internal medicine and clinical innovation at New York University Langone Medical Center in Medscape.
But healthcare facilities are looking to doctors to take on the mantle of leadership. Their skills are needed outside the exam room—and are essential to discussions about clinical outcomes, patient safety, readmissions and transitions of care, she added.
