Lessons of Experience: Key Events and Lessons Learned of Effective Chief Medical Officers at Freestanding Children's Hospitals‪.‬

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As the healthcare environment changes, physician executives who are effective leaders and agents of change are needed. Healthcare organizations that are successful at developing effective physician leaders will be at an advantage. This article examines how physician leaders develop on the job. Such knowledge and insight can be useful to healthcare systems looking to develop a new physician leadership development program or improve an existing one.