LOCUMSTORY Podcast

EPISODE 9: Recognizing and preventing physician burnout, with TheHappyMD, Dr. Dike Drummond

How did Einstein get to be a physician burnout expert?

If you want to lower your stress levels, build a more balanced life and an more Ideal Practice, remember these two quotes from Albert Einstein and there is literally nothing you can't change.

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Einstein Quote #1:

"The definition of insanity is -- doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result."

Here is another way to say the same thing: If you always do what you've always done -- you will always get what you've always got.

"The only way to change anything in your life is to take new actions."

Yes it is that simple.

• • Stop venting.
  • Decide what you really want.
  • Take a baby step in that direction.
  • Repeat.

Thank you Albert!

Employee physicians are on a tilted playing field and physician burnout is the result

Why are 63% of US physicians suffering from at least one symptom of burnout as they see patients today?

How did we get to this point where you are more likely to be burned out than not?

• Let me show you the fundamental mismatch that has caused this burnout epidemic
  
  
• And four questions you can use to reveal the mismatch in your own practice and assess your risk of burnout.

Physician Burnout, the Enlightened CFO and the Business Case for Physician Wellbeing

If your CFO fully understood the financial impact of physician burnout, they could be your biggest C-Suite physician wellness champion. 

They could lead the Quadruple Aim charge by convincing the CEO, CMO and even the Board of Directors/Trustees to invest in the health and wellbeing of the providers. They could make a solid business case for a multifaceted return on investment (ROI) in physician wellness across the organization.

Why is this not taking place in every healthcare C-Suite on a regular basis?

In this blog post, let me show you the triple competitive advantage of physician well being and why the enlightened CFO is a key ally in our burnout prevention efforts.

A calling will exhaust you - in a good way.

When you take new actions towards your Ideal Job, you must release your old definition of Failure. 

Einstein's Insanity Trap shows the only way to get new results is to take new actions. To increase your practice satisfaction, you must take new actions at work and at home. You have to do things you have never done before. 

What if things don't work out as you planned? What if you try something new and don't get the result you expected?

Was that attempt a failure? 

Not even a little bit!!
What you did was conduct an experiment. You gathered some data in response to your new action and put yourself in the position to have a learning experience.

You can fail in this quest for your Ideal Practice, most doctors do. This failure is one of the causes of the current 63% burnout rate.

However, when you are building a more Ideal Practice, it is impossible to fail by taking new actions. 

Let's redefine failure and get started on Your Ideal Practice in this final lesson in our Take Back Your Practice series

Remember when you stood at the Lightworker's Fork

and chose to be a helper and a healer,

where did you think / feel / believe your path would lead?

Healthcare in the USA has so much to be ashamed of:

• Falling life expectancy
• Abysmal maternal mortality rates
• Massive overspending

Much of the blame for all of this rests with our multi-payor, fee-for-service, for-profit healthcare delivery system. 

Here is a SHINING EXAMPLE of the routine behavior of Cigna - one of the big pigs at the fee-for-service trough.

HEADLINE:

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them

Here is my PROMPT #1

"Write a sonnet in old English in the style of William Shakespeare about the first person experience of physician burnout"

Here is what it put out in less than a minute.
BTW, this is best read out loud. Go ahead and give it a shot.

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In days of yore, when learned men did strive,

To heal the sick and keep frail souls alive,

A doctor's heart, with steadfast will did quell

The mortal ills that in the flesh did dwell.