Staff News Writer

Resiliency for physicians is the ability to adapt and bounce back from the daily demands of medical practice. Become better equipped to handle the many challenges presented by patient care and less likely to experience burnout by using these 6 ways to increase your resiliency.

Medical residents’ clinical schedules don’t have to be as stressful as they tend to be. At least, that’s what one residency program found a solution to address many of the common problems surrounding miserable residency scheduling.

Physicians hear a lot about burnout and how it can lead to cynicism, negative attitudes toward patients, exhaustion and the desire to quit practicing medicine. Seven steps is all it takes to make changes in your practice to reduce your risk of burnout.

Most physicians have major issues with their electronic health record (EHR) systems, but regulatory requirements mean they must use the technology or face penalties. Read 8 things physicians are saying about their EHRs—and what can be done to improve them.

Greater customization for collecting patient information in electronic health records may improve documentation timeliness and reduce stress for residents and attending physicians. Find out how one resident clinic improved its documentation process and dramatically increased satisfaction.

Collecting accurate information about patients can help improve the quality of care and identify ways to reduce health disparities. One health system collected race, ethnicity and language data from more than 90 percent of patients to boost care quality—and their efforts are thriving.

Medical practices that have made the transition from paper to an electronic claims revenue cycle spend less time on administrative processes and have more time to lessen payment errors and appeal inappropriate denials.

The Association of American Medical Colleges released a report on the drop in black males applying to med schools over the past three decades, despite efforts to expand diversity in the physician pipeline.