title: Steve Jobs provides lessons for any medical practice.
abstract: Steve Jobs is inarguably the greatest inventor and creative genius since Thomas Edison. He provided technology that enhances communication on a global level. Jobs also provided ideas and suggestions that could work in any medical practice regardless of the size of the practice, the location of the practice, or the employment model. His advice can be transferred from a high-tech business that employs thousands to a high-touch medical practice that has only a few employees. This article will list a few of Jobs leadership characteristics and how they might apply to physicians, their teams, and their practices. Wouldn't you like to be the Steve Jobs of healthcare? If so, read on!
authors.affiliation: Corporate Development, American Academy of Podiatric Practice Management, USA. hornstein@aappm.org
authors.forename: Hal
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ornstein
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007857:Leadership; D009042:Motivation; D009817:Office Management / Q000458:organization & administration; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011361:Professional Competence; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D014481:United States