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Addressing physician burnout starts with a healthy team culture

Teamwork in medicine is key to preventing physician burnout and improving patient outcomes. Find out how to build a team that fosters happy, productive members.

Physician Health
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How Henry Ford Hospital is working to prevent physician burnout

Learn more about what this Detroit hospital has done, putting several physician burnout prevention strategies in place.

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3 keys to prep your staff for success with team-based care

Getting started on the team-based care journey can seem daunting. Follow this advice from those well on their way.

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How to recognize and respond to burnout in a fellow physician

What do you do when you see that the work of a peer is being impacted by physician burnout? Here’s what to look for and how to respond.

Physician Health
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Cutting keystrokes with team approach, EHR tweaks

AMA member Michael Metry, MD, has led changes at this Georgia ICU to ease click fatigue and add face-to-face patient time.

Scope of Practice
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Targeted CME can improve health outcomes at your hospital

These CME courses can help achieve hospital goals such as lower lengths of stay, fewer readmissions and higher quality scores.

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Job satisfaction at this health system is 92%. Find out why.

Green Bay—dubbed TitleTown for its 13-time champion Packers—should gain further renown for this winning approach to team-based care. Patient says, “It’s like I got my doctor back.”

Physician Health
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Add a pharmacist to the team to see better outcomes

An integrated health system in Oregon has embedded pharmacists for 20-plus years. Here is how their collaboration with pharmacists works.

Scope of Practice
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“Nudge theory” explored to boost medication adherence

Physicians leading the ENCOURAGE trial are using reminders and other patient interactions to help patients adhere to their medication regimens. Here is how “nudges” can help improve medication adherence.

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