High Impact Physician

How to Collaborate with your Competitors (Dr. Marjorie Bessel and Dr. Keith Frey)

April 12, 2021 High impact Physician
High Impact Physician
How to Collaborate with your Competitors (Dr. Marjorie Bessel and Dr. Keith Frey)
Show Notes

How did two clinical executives, from competing systems, start collaborating on a daily basis? Listen to Dr. Marjorie Bessel and Dr. Keith Frey open up about that and more:

  • “Coop-ertition” (cooperation + competition)
  • Why generalists are great with ambiguity
  • Keith and Marjorie’s personal leadership “stretch” for 2021
  • How to “rev down” back to normal from a heightened pandemic state
  • The best part of their morning routines
  • The one thing that makes Keith 30% more efficient at work
  • Aligning your calendar with your biorhythm

Dr. Marjorie Bessel is the Chief Clinical Officer at Banner Health and Dr. Keith Frey is the Arizona Divisional CMO and Physician Leader for Professional Fulfillment at CommonSpirit Health.

Paper referenced by Dr. Keith Frey: Collaboration on the Arizona Surge Line: How Covid-19 Became the Impetus for Public, Private, and Federal Hospitals to Function as One System