Hospital Medicine Q&A

  Hospital Medicine Q&A with Rodolphe Taby, MD What is top of mind for clinicians in hospital medicine? Right now, in hospital medicine, there is an issue with recovery. Our specialty was hit hard during the COVID pandemic.  For the longest time, the pandemic created an environment that demanded less focus and less emphasis on […]

How the C-Suite can Move the Needle on Clinician Well-being

By Dr. Bentley Tate, Chief Wellness Officer Practical steps to take that make a difference For the past few years, we have been inundated with the media and studies telling us that clinicians are burned out. So much so that the concept has almost become an afterthought, a given. It’s been easy to reason away […]

Clinician Well-Being Q&A

SCP Health works with clinicians to maintain a healthy work-life balance

Clinician Well-Being Q&A with Dr. Bentley Tate How does our well-being as clinicians impact the greater health care system? Clinician well-being promotes the ideal in our health care system – great care delivered by engaged and caring clinicians.  When we are well, we are less likely to experience burnout, meaning we are more engaged with […]

The economic impact of not caring for your clinicians

Understanding the scope of clinician well-being A few years ago, my wife and I drove through the night, from Arizona back to our home in Colorado. The next afternoon she was stumbling through her day and blurted out, “I feel terrible after being up all night.”  My response? “Welcome to how I’ve felt about every […]

Clinician Experience Q&A

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Explore this question and answer session with David Schillinger, MD SCP Health Chief Medical Officer

Balancing clinical compensation

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The current clinical compensation landscape presents a broad range of challenges for hospital and health system executives, medical directors, and clinicians.   Volatile patient volumes make it difficult to staff at optimal coverage amounts consistently; the environment demands clinicians to be both patient-centric and hyper-productive; health systems and hospitals are operating on razor-thin margins; inflation requires […]

Being a healer in a health care system that needs help – advocating for a better future

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By Randy Pilgrim, MD, FACEP, FAAFP In health care today, our days are filled with concerns – patient care complexities, staffing shortages, throughput issues, and a myriad of other challenges.  Fundamentally, as clinicians, we are deeply concerned about our ability to deliver high-quality care in a chaotic environment.   The issues of the day (or night) […]