No matter how conscientious and hardworking you are as a provider of critical care, hospital medicine, or emergency medicine, you need a well-coordinated modern care team to manage acute care episodes optimally. True team-based care goes beyond the traditional roles of physician, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant and leverages additional resources for the best patient outcomes.
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-at-home programs offer a compelling, clear value proposition for both patients and hospitals. For patients, they provide the comfort of home, with more control over the environment and a less restrictive setting than traditional hospital stays. For hospitals and health systems, these programs not only enhance patient experience and improve outcomes1 but also increase hospital capacity. Implementing a hospital-at-home program requires a well-structured approach. The natural inclination is for hospitals and health systems to focus on
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
”If medicine is to fulfill her great task, then she must enter the political and social life.” — Dr. Rudolf Virchow, 19th-century German physician Clinician advocacy is a vital part of the clinician-patient relationship. It is essential to building trust and providing an excellent standard of care, leading to better outcomes. However, advocacy is more than just helping individual patients; it requires addressing broader health care issues at multiple levels. Clinician advocacy defined Clinician advocacy
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are essential in health care services. Prioritize NPPAs’ career development by implementing a successful education program with these tips.
The health care industry is undergoing a major transformation driven by increasing digital technology adoption. For example, telehealth has become integral to American health care, with over 78.6% of hospitals utilizing this technology in some form. Digital technology can be a good thing; it has the potential to revolutionize the way we deliver care, making it more convenient, efficient, and effective. However, there is a risk that this technology could also lead to a more
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