Collaboration with MGB

What is our vision for how physicians and managers might work together at MGB?

Answer:   A union can give us a unique opportunity to work in a new way with management.  We can benefit from MGB's expertise about the way health care systems work and they can benefit from our expertise as care physicians about how patient care can best be provided.  Together, we can work to solve our institutional problems.  We want to hear management’s perspective and we also want to have a seat at the table to express our own views. Doctors Council members have established collaboration councils across several bargaining units to pursue partnerships with their employers. 

Our goal is to make MGB stronger, to help steer it in a direction that better improves care for our patients and that allows us to do our jobs better. We would hope that both parties would be committed, after an election, to an open, constructive ongoing negotiation process.

We can also imagine reaching out to experts in the field of health care to help us develop strategies and models that help us achieve these goals.