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Johnna Nynas, MD
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9 Min Read

100,000 patients, only 4 ob-gyns. Then this doctor took action.

Johnna Nynas, MD is creating care teams and leveraging telemedicine to bring health care to the doorstep of pregnant women in rural Minnesota.

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Population Health
Health System Spotlight
Mary Claire Curet, MD
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7 Min Read

New Ochsner Health physician returns home to serve her community

Meet Mary Claire Curet, MD, the first doctor to enter practice from a program benefitting medical students who commit to work for Ochsner after residency.

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Sustainability
Health System Spotlight
Two doctors talking in a hallway
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5 Min Read

Marshfield Clinic tackles burnout by first helping the individual

Battling the burnout epidemic requires system-level change, and Marshfield Clinic Health System is keeping the focus where it counts: on the physician.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Physician places hand on smiling patient's shoulder
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7 Min Read

Tackling health care challenges through “servant” leadership

ACOG President and Northwest Permanente ob-gyn Stella Dantas, MD, says listening is first step to collaborative changes that improve well-being.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Smiling person sits across from doctor
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5 Min Read

This medical group makes strides to advance equitable care

Leong Koh, MD, shares how Northwest Permanente is positively impacting the community by focusing on providing care when and how patients want it.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
Charts and graphs
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8 Min Read

In gauging physician burnout, not all surveys measure up

Measuring burnout comes first, but what comes next? That is what Marshfield Clinic Health System is learning by measuring with the AMA.

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Physician Health
Health System Spotlight
Smiling patient in conversation with health care worker
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4 Min Read

Geisinger steps up on value-based care as part of Risant Health

Geisinger is the first affiliate of the new, nonprofit Risant Health. The entity is giving Geisinger new resources and support to deliver on prevention.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Health System Spotlight
Caretaker assisting senior patient
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7 Min Read

Health system applies renowned “production system” to inequities

Honing the famed Toyota Production System to improve quality is integral at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Now the focus expands to health equity.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight
A helicopter drops water on a forest fire
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7 Min Read

In Pacific Northwest, climate change is a health equity concern

Smoke from the annual late summer wildfires in Washington brings a surge of pediatric asthma patients to Confluence Health emergency departments.

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Health Equity
Health System Spotlight