The American College of Healthcare Executives announced the winners of its 2016 Publishing Awards.

Jonathan Burroughs, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAPL, president and CEO of The Burroughs Healthcare Consulting Network is the winner of the 2016 James A. Hamilton Book of the Year Award for Redesign the Medical Staff Model: A Guide to Collaborative Change.

In his book, Jonathan Burroughs outlines key changes that must be made to redesign the medical staff model. He provides specific guidance and examples to guide healthcare leaders and executives in their work with physician leaders as they seek to successfully confront these changes.

Jonathan Burroughs presents an in-depth look into the evolution of the physician culture from autonomy to collaboration and accountability; selecting strategy medical staff development planning; components of an effective performance management system; ways to effectively assess medical staff performance and collaborate with physicians on opportunities for improvement; negotiation of performance expectations; and best practices for physician engagement and alignment.

The James A. Hamilton Award is given to the author(s) of a management or healthcare book judged outstanding by ACHE’s Book of the Year Award Committee. The award is underwritten by the Alumni Association of the Graduate Program in Healthcare Administration of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in honor of the late James A. Hamilton, FACHE, the program’s founder and course director from 1946 to 1966 and ACHE’s 1939–1940 chairman.