The paradox prescription: Leading the medical group of the future

Leaders of health care organizations must constantly deal with paradox in a nd around their organizations. The paradox profile is a modeling technique for examining how organizations prioritize their dealings with the eight co mpeting issues from which the four paradoxes are derived. This article demo nstrates the leadership challenges that exist when a paradox is present and how these tensions differ when the integrative status of the medical group -as either part of an integrated system or not-is considered.