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Leadership’s Role in the Patient Experience

Reframing Contemporary Physician Leadership: We Started as Heroes Adaptability Life Has Taught Me toGrace E. Terrell, MD, MMM, CPE, FACP, FACPE The practice of medicine, today, requires transformational skills. Healthcare challenges are no longer adequately addressed by the traditional paternalistic physician role. Healthcare must be physician led, but patient centered. Effective leadership must be collaborative rather than authoritarian, proactive rather than reactive. Most physicians work in environments where current cultural paradigms, such as