Improving Nurse-Physician Teamwork for Better Patient Experiences

With a background as an Emergency Department Medical Director, who now serves as Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Anthony Frank brings a unique perspective to today’s episode of Healthcare Experience Matters about improving nurse-physician teamwork.  He is joined by Kathleen Lynam, an Executive Coach and Senior Advisor with the Healthcare Experience Foundation. Kathleen brings years of experience to this chat as a coach and registered nurse who rose to Vice President of Acute and Ambulatory Services at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J.  Today’s chat is a powerful, honest, and detailed discussion about improving collaborations between nurses and physicians. Our podcast guests share stories about effective communication and the undeniably positive impact it can have on patient care.  Dr. Frank currently serves as Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer (CMO) with UNC Health Blue Ridge in Morganton, N.C. In his years of patient care experience, Dr. Frank has observed a lot about teamwork as an emergency medicine doctor. Now he has a more eagle eye view on teamwork, in all different areas of healthcare, as the CMO with UNC Health Blue Ridge.   Learn more about the Healthcare Experience Foundation: https://healthcareexperience.org/ More about UNC Health Blue Ridge: https://www.unchealthblueridge.org/