August 2017 News for Munson Healthcare Medical Staff Right Things, Right Reasons Christine Nefcy, MD, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer at Munson Healthcare, shares thoughts about her first 12 months at the helm. Defining the systemic direction Despite the complexities, Nefcy the house?’” “It helps keep things has taken time. Last year, Nefcy said that best practices at each in perspective”, she laughs. met with Munson Healthcare’s hospital have elevated the system’s Another piece of advice she chief medical officers to begin approach to care. always keeps in mind is to “do the that process, she said. “Our behavioral standards right things for the right reasons.” “The big things that came out document was created by the “We have a great opportunity here of that meeting were that they CMO in Charlevoix; Grayling’s to work together as a system and wanted to work on shared approach to high-risk OB learn from each other’s strengths governance, reducing variation, patients is a best practice,” she and our weaknesses. We really are clarification of roles, culture, said. “We will likely be adopting stronger together.” leadership development, some of Manistee’s quality removing silos, and optimizing measurement practices, and Dr. Christine Nefcy can be Christine Nefcy, MD, FAAP the EHR,” Nefcy said. “They Cadillac really led the way in their reached at 231-935-6556 and Chief Medical Officer wanted to make sure we were development of a massive blood
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