American Association for Physician Leadership

AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.

Physician Leadership: More Valuable Than Ever —

A White Paper from the American Association for Physician Leadership

Quality Improvement

Welcome to the HALM Journal from the American Association for Physician Leadership

Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)

Every other month, the HALM Journal will deliver indispensable and reliable results-oriented guidance for a healthcare industry moving toward inter-professional management and leadership that positively impacts patient care outcomes and population health.

Systems Awareness

Research: Boards Still Have an ESG Expertise Gap — But They’re Improving

Tensie Whelan

The role of U.S. public boards in managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues has significantly evolved over the past five years. Despite this progress, major gaps remain, particularly in climate change and worker welfare expertise. Notably, the creation of dedicated ESG/sustainability committees has surged, promoting better oversight of sustainability issues. This shift is crucial as companies increasingly face both regulatory pressures and strategic opportunities in transitioning to a low carbon economy.

Influence

AAPL Welcomes Four New Board Members and Honors Members Awarded Fellowship

AAPL Editorial Team

AAPL welcomes new board members and recognizes members awarded fellowship.

SoundPractice Podcast

Designing Innovative Healthcare Centers: Architectural Design with Sharon Woodworth

Sharon Woodworth, FAIA, LEED AP BD+C, EDAC, ACHA

Healthcare is fundamentally a scientific pursuit, from clinical skills to cutting-edge diagnostic testing. Medicine is also an art, and art plays a vital role in the success of patient care. Once such element of art is where healthcare is delivered. Physi...

Resilience

What to Do When Your Team Blames You

Dina Denham Smith, Ron Carucci

Being accused by your team of failing them in some way induces a threat state in your brain, impairing your ability to think clearly and triggering a variety of cognitive distortions and defensive behaviors. The authors offer several strategies to help you work through the experience while keeping important relationships intact.

Influence

Five Strategies for Improving Mental Health at Work

Morra Aarons-Mele

Companies are investing in — and talking about — mental health more often these days. But employees aren’t reporting a corresponding rise in well-being. Why? The author, who wrote a book on mental health and work last year, explores several key ways organizations haven’t gone far enough in implementing a culture of well-being. She also makes five key suggestions on what they can do to improve the mental health of their employees.

New Book

Inspiring Growth and Leadership in Medical Careers: Transform Healthcare as a Physician Leader

Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)

The book asserts that all physicians are leaders and offers a collection of personal experiences, observations, and lessons learned to paint a full picture of physicians’ roles in society.

Trust and Respect

Being an Influencer, Being a Mentor, Being a Leader

Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)

Healthcare is a complex and dynamic industry that requires constant innovation, collaboration, and adaptation.

Technology Integration

Using Internet Databases to Advance Health Equity, Population Health, and Workforce Planning

Peter M. Nalin, MD, MBA, CPE, FAAFP, Patrick Bright, MA

Physician leaders and policymakers must understand the attributes of their patients’ communities and geographies. Numerous databases provide access to extensive data too numerous to manage casually.

Technology Integration

Trends in Remote Patient Monitoring

Lola Butcher

Leading healthcare organizations are using remote patient monitoring (RPM), which, according to some studies, is associated with improved patient outcomes and high patient and clinician satisfaction.

Technology Integration

Heavy Machinery Meets AI

Vijay Govindarajan, Venkat Venkatraman

Until recently most incumbent industrial companies didn’t use highly advanced software in their products. But now the sector’s leaders have begun applying generative AI and machine learning to all kinds of data—including text, 3D images, video, and sound—to create complex, innovative designs and solve customer problems with unprecedented speed.

Communication Strategies

How Companies Should Weigh In on a Controversy

David M. Bersoff, Sandra J. Sucher, Peter Tufano

Executives need guidance about managing their organizations’ engagement with societal issues—including hot-button topics such as gender, climate, and racial discrimination. Success in this realm does not mean avoiding public controversy or achieving unanimous support among key stakeholders, the authors write. Rather, it results from adhering to certain processes and strategies, which they have derived from recent global survey research along with examples from managerial best practice.

For over 45 years.

The American Association for Physician Leadership has helped physicians develop their leadership skills through education, career development, thought leadership and community building.

The American Association for Physician Leadership (AAPL) changed its name from the American College of Physician Executives (ACPE) in 2014. We may have changed our name, but we are the same organization that has been serving physician leaders since 1975.

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