The Healthcare Practitioners Guide to Conflict Engagement and Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration in Medical Disputes

Schneider MD Ms-, Michael

ISBN 10: 0692136053 / ISBN 13: 9780692136058

Published by Michael Schneider, MD Ms-Adr, 2018

Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0692136053I4N10

Synopsis:

This manual succinctly distills academic principals of alternative dispute resolution and conflict engagement for the healthcare provider, teaching critical information needed by every medical technician, nurse, doctor and administrator. The manual is both a reference and action tool for skills development, providing guidelines, methods, techniques and simple reproducible outlines to master communication. The provider will succeed in managing daily disagreements between staff, partnership conflicts, struggles with high conflict personalities, medical business contract negotiations, and tort claims management. This information is necessary for all medical practitioners, from student through seasoned provider, regardless of their roles and responsibilities in the medical organization.The Healthcare Practitioners Guide to Conflict Engagement and Dispute Resolution improves the quality of deliverable medical outcomes, patient safety and communication after adverse events. Implementation of these skills by the reader rewards the practitioner’s sense of harmony and professional fulfillment. In a healthcare system dynamically changing and embroiled in complex and protracted conflict, the professional who incorporates these guidelines will control difficult conversations as a leader, artfully influencing the behavior of their opponents in a dispute, accomplishing the mission and vision of the Provider. These leadership skills extend into every aspect of professional relationships for medical technicians, nurses, mid-levels, physicians, and healthcare administrators.Any practitioner involved in or concerned about disclosing an adverse event or outcome to a patient and family, a medical malpractice lawsuit, a medical or specialty board inquiry through a licensing agency, or a medical staff challenge of competency, must read this book.All providers named as a party to a mediation or arbitration should reference this text for insight and guidance during these legal proceedings. These actions have a significant impact on our clinical practices and our ability to practice medicine. This all-inclusive resource is the only book the medical practitioner will need to navigate difficult conversations and become empowered during negotiations of contracts, tort claim lawsuits, and business disputes that interrupt the providers ability to practice safe and compassionate medicine.

About the Author: Dr. Michael Schneider MD, FACS, MS-ADR is a board certified neurosurgeon with thousands of surgeries and several academic appointments in his 30 year medical career. Dr. Schneider’s legal education includes a Master’s Degree from Creighton University School of Law. Dr. Schneider has served as Chief of Surgery, Chief of Neurosurgery, Medical Staff President, Utilization Review counsel, and worked extensively as an impartial facilitator in dispute resolution with human resources in several healthcare institutions. Dr. Schneider's vast experience with hospital boards and medical staff developed expertise in risk management analysis and mitigation. His unique perspective assures the litigation team will avoid costly mistakes during liability prosecution, medical board actions and he is adept at resolving insurmountable conflicts between competitive and adverse healthcare professionals. Dr. Schneider is an excellent co-mediator and subject matter expert co-arbitrator, critical to litigation management. Dr Schneider's greatest victories occur as he settles disputes between physician partners, provider – hospital administrators, and reimbursement negotiation along with complex insurance company challenges. He is particularly adept as a facilitator involved with disgruntled patients and during medical malpractice litigation. Physicians and their liability carriers recognize the invaluable work Dr. Schneider provides, independent but synchronized with counsel, ensuring insight and strategic support desperately required for the personal and professional health of Providers. The caustic impact of liability claims, medical and specialty board challenges and negative public perception of Healthcare Providers creates the “second victim” syndrome. Dr. Schneider is passionate in his commitment that no Provider is abandon during legal proceedings. Dr. Schneider is a nationally recognized orator, providing discourse on topics ranging from liability risk mitigation, Provider communication expectations and the role of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Healthcare. Engaged by medical malpractice liability companies, tort lawyers and individual physicians alike, Dr. Schneider is available as the expert in alternative dispute resolution during healthcare conflicts, assuring an impartial but learner voice during acrimonious communication and negotiations across the dispute chasm.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Healthcare Practitioners Guide to ...
Publisher: Michael Schneider, MD Ms-Adr
Publication Date: 2018
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket