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You can make a difference if you remember, and act upon, one key concept: The Problem with Burnout is the Workplace, Not the Worker

The pandemic has driven clinicians to unprecedented levels of burnout. Healthcare leaders have the best opportunity to help them. Here's how

I’m pleased to share my discussion with Jerry Penso, MD, MBA, the President and CEO of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA).

What is the role of the board of directors in addressing clinician burnout? This is the focus of my discussion with Dr. Byron Scott.

Over the next few months I'll be interviewing healthcare leaders asking what they learned from the past year and their hopes for 2021.

There's nothing "Post" about it at this point I'm re-posting my entry from Doctors' Day seven months ago. I first posted this when the...

Healthcare leaders, at the local and national level, must prioritize clinician well-being and take action to address burnout.

One such correlation is the connection between Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and Maslach’s Drivers of Burnout.

How do you efficiently and effectively improve physician engagement? There are a few key steps that make a difference:

Start simply and effectively when addressing burnout. It's important to know what needs to be done in order to not waste precious resources.

Connections matter. Connecting to our Purpose, to our mission, to what we find meaningful in life, serve as protection against burnout.

Dr. Breen was an exemplary physician and human being, an optimist with a magnetic personality, who died by suicide on April 26th.

It's the economy, stupid! In 1992 Bill Clinton was a relatively unknown governor or Arkansas running for president against Republican...

A Maxim for Physicians - Why Not For Healthcare Leaders? Last week my blog post introduced the concept of Burnout-Proof Leadership, and I...

Leadership is the key to not only surviving, but coming through the crisis better and stronger.

Burnout is a failure of the organization, not of the clinician working in that organization.

Basically it comes down to this - when leaders who respect and care for their people, their people are more satisfied and better engaged.

When things change daily, a daily huddle is vitally important to keep up with the pace of change.

O'Neill also believed in the importance of every human being as a driver for organizational greatness.

A daily huddle of the C-level executive team will ensure rapid problem solving.