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Joseph Bujak, MD, FACP currently serves as Vice President, Medical Affairs for Kootenai Medical Center, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, where he has organizational responsibility for performance improvement and outcomes measurement. He focuses on the reorganization of the provider community and the redesign of healthcare delivery. He appreciates the impact of changing medical economics on the provider community, understands the use of information in support of clinical process improvement, and applies the theories of systems thinking and complexity science to leadership and management in healthcare.
Dr. Bujak believes that future success requires the capacity to know how to initiate and manage transformational change and the ability to align incentives around proper measurement. Creating context, emphasizing relationships, distinguishing substance from form, and sharing purpose and principles are the keys to becoming the successful architect of your own future.
His past experiences in clinical research, medical education, primary and specialty medical practice, and administration give him a unique breadth of perspective and help establish credibility with the many constituencies within the provider community.
Dr. Bujak graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Rutgers University. He received his medical degree from the University of Rochester where he was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha.
Morale in the healthcare professions is at an all time low. Our roles, relationships, beliefs, values, and behaviors are being challenged.
To successfully adapt to our changing environment, we must be willing to redesign ourselves to better meet society's evolving expectations. We have to rediscover meaning and purpose in our work. We must be able to separate substance from form and sort what is immutable in our professions from that which is historical artifact. The pace and magnitude of change is accelerating.
The future is unknowable. It is important to immerse one's self in the moment, in pursuit of relevance, appreciating the contributions we can make in service to others. Find joy in the doing. Economic success will ensue from a recommitment to service. It cannot be directly pursued without risking loss of professional status.