As clinicians, we’re taught to be tough. We learn to push through exhaustion, handle immense pressure, and manage anything that comes our way. That resilience is a strength, but it’s not the whole story. For years, as both a practicing physician and now as a chief wellness officer, I’ve seen that while individual strategies make a difference, they can’t fix systemic problems.
Improving clinician engagement is always a high priority, particularly now, when the health care industry is experiencing significant staffing turnover and shortages. Hospital administrators and medical directors must make creating an environment where clinicians can build long and satisfying careers an imperative.
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 some of the usual performance metrics that you typically monitor HM departments by. Instead, everyone was focused on how to
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 the burnout due to the pandemic, reimbursement issues, etc. We can’t afford to do that. Clinician burnout is a
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 our patients, our community, and our family. Burnout is far more costly than most recognize. Often times, our health care
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 fourth day for over 30 years.” From medical school rotations to last year, ages 20 to 54, I walked the
Explore this question and answer session with David Schillinger, MD SCP Health Chief Medical Officer
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 raising doctor compensation just to keep the status quo, and the focus on patient experience means hospitals must cater to
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) occupy most of our time, energy, and efforts. It takes a lot to face today’s realities. It takes even more
Connecting with patients and your colleagues are important in your practice. But it has become harder to do so virtually. Use these 9 practices to help with patient and clinician satisfaction.
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