Managing Unmanageable Physicians: Leadership, Stewardship and Disruptive Behavior (Dealing with Disruptive Behavior‪)‬

One of the more alarming and stressful challenges physician executives face is how to deal with disruptive behavior. Regardless of the type of organization or location, physician executives are accountable for managing disruptive behavior and the associated consequences of this behavior ranging from patient outcomes to minimizing legal risk exposure. There is no magic bullet. There is no panacea. On the other hand, there are concrete ways to decrease the prevalence of disruptive behavior while at the same time tackling the issue head-on for the benefit of all stakeholders, including the physician who is displaying the disruptive behavior.