Hospital Administrators’ Perspectives on Physician Engagement: A Qualitative Study

The evolution of healthcare over the past several decades has shifted power dynamics away from autonomous physician practices, particularly in hospital settings.⁸ Our study suggests that hospital administrators recognize the potential impact these changes have had on physician engagement and are attempting to address the detrimental effects. Furthermore, administrators acknowledged the importance of organization-directed solutions to address problems with physician morale. This finding represents a paradigm shift away from previous approaches that involved interventions directed at individual physicians.⁹

Our results represent a call to action for both physicians and administrators to work together to develop organizational solutions to improve physician engagement. Further research is needed to investigate the most effective ways to improve and sustain engagement. At a time when physicians are increasingly dissatisfied with their current work, understanding how to improve physician engagement is critical to maintaining a healthy and productive physician workforce.

Disclosure

Will Dardani is an employee of Vizient Inc. No other authors have conflicts of interest to declare.