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8 Min Read

From screening to shelves: Integrating food as part of routine care

Rush University System for Health makes food insecurity part of clinical care through screening and pantry access, emphasizing that food is medicine.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
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8 Min Read

Physician well-being work doesn’t stop at recognition

Texas Children’s Pediatrics views Bronze-level recognition as fuel for its ongoing, systemwide transformation journey to reduce physician burnout.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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9 Min Read

Streamlining specialty ordering saves care teams over 600 hours

By integrating specialty labs and devices into the EHR, Baptist Health cut cardiac monitor order time by 70% and boosted home colon cancer screening by 45%.

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Digital
Health System Spotlight
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7 Min Read

Turning physician burnout insights into systemwide change

Confluence Health uses data and EHR redesign to ease administrative burden and improve physician well-being across the system. 

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
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6 Min Read

8 “Cs” drive physician buy-in to high-value patient care

Henry Ford Health’s wide spectrum approach to value-based care leads to reduced hospitalizations and improved metrics in chronic disease management. 

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
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6 Min Read

Rethinking stroke prevention for asymptomatic carotid disease

For severe carotid narrowing without symptoms, adding stenting to medications and lifestyle changes can cut stroke risk by about half.

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Chronic Diseases
Health System Spotlight
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4 Min Read

Physician, help thyself: 5 terrific advice books doctors recommend

AMA member physicians share life- and practice-changing gems that they have found in the self-help and business leadership aisles of the bookstore.

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Med School Life
Health System Spotlight
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4 Min Read

A secret to value-based care success: Right help at the right time

Central Virginia Family Physicians has scored shared-savings wins while preserving its autonomy.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
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6 Min Read

Why private practice is a great first step post-residency

Weighing hospital vs. private practice? One early-career physician explains why autonomy, community and mentorship tipped the scale for her.

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Transition to Attending
Health System Spotlight