Primary Care Physician Leadership in Top Ranked US Hospitals. 2023

Erin E Sullivan, and Amber L Stephenson, and Wai Wai Khaing, and Andrew Bazemore, and Aaron R Hoffman
From the Sawyer School of Business, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, USA (EES, WWK); Center for Primary Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA (EES, ARH); David D. Reh School of Business, Clarkson University Capital Region Campus, Schenectady, NY (ALS); American Board of Family Medicine, Lexington, KY (AB); Center for Professionalism & Value in Healthcare, Washington, DC (AB); Atrius Health, Boston, MA (ARH); MGH Institute of Health Professions, Boston, MA (ARH). Esullivan5@suffolk.edu.

This assessment of the "top hospitals" in the US according to 4 leading rankings reveals only 4 to 7% of represented CEOs are primary care physicians by training. Greater attention to leadership development from primary care residency through health system practice is needed to avoid diminishing primary care's critical role and salutary global benefits.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007857 Leadership The function of directing or controlling the actions or attitudes of an individual or group with more or less willing acquiescence of the followers. Influentials
D006761 Hospitals Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients. Hospital
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D058007 Physicians, Primary Care Providers of initial care for patients. These PHYSICIANS refer patients when appropriate for secondary or specialist care. Primary Care Physicians,Physician, Primary Care,Primary Care Physician

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