Medical Staff Development

A feature of most medical staff development plans includes an analysis of possible new clinical services. When medical staff development is focused on the bottom line, the choices of new services can provide some interesting and unusual options, a few of which prove profitable. That focus comes at a price. The remainder of the medical staff readily sees the motivation. Whether they articulate the observation or not, they certainly understand the administration's bottom line focus...and its implication that the mission, vision and values are important but take a back seat. Conclusion: The bottom line is important but belongs in the back seat. (Matthew 6:33)