The Physician Friendly Organization Scorecard

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Is YOUR organization Physician Friendly?

When a workplace becomes toxic, its poison spreads beyond its walls and into the lives of its workers and their families.

 Gary Chapman

In our work helping thousands of over-stressed doctors recover from burnout, here is one of the most frustrating scenarios:
A coaching client and I work together to stop the downward spiral and get their energy and attitude back … and yet they are trapped inside a flagrantly toxic workplace.

We have to fight the same battle with burnout every day because the conditions at work are not physician-friendly.

They are working on themselves to build more life balance and a more ideal practice, hope returning, feeling better. 

And each work day pounds them back to the bottom of the mountain in a marathon of inefficient systems, clueless leadership and sometimes outright hostility towards physicians and the basics of the practice of medicine.

It can be very disorienting, especially if your leaders say one thing and your experience of working here is completely different. Are you really seeing this?

So let's get objective, here and now:

Here is a 19-Item Physician Friendly Organization Scorecard.
How does your employer stack up?

 

Tags: Physician Leadership, stop physician burnout

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Gender Bias, Burnout and Digital Overwhelm in Female Physicians

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

This month, yet another facet of gender bias contributing to female physician burnout was quantified.

In this blog post let's review the known sources of higher stress and workload on female physicians and let me show you yet another newly quantified stress on women doctors.

Tags: stop physician burnout, physician gender bias

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Physician Wisdom Time Bank - Master Archive

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

"If you could go back in time and speak to yourself as an intern or resident ...

What is the One Thing you would want that sapling version of you to know about what is coming?
- One Important Thing to Keep in Mind
- Or Understand
As "intern you" moves forward in this physician career and life to this present day?

We have asked this question across our blog, social media pages and our Burnout Proof MD support ecosystem. This is the Master File of answers from all sources. 

CURRENT WISDOM COUNT = 35 Entries
See the MASTER LIST BELOW

Tags: stop physician burnout

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Amazon buys One Medical - Will the acquisition be Good for the Doctors?

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

This week Amazon bought the healthcare delivery organization One Medical for $3.9 Billion.

What effect will this merger have on the health, wellbeing and working conditions of the One Medical physicians and staff?

Will working for Amazon as a healthcare provider be a good thing or will the new organization devolve into the same kinds of working conditions we see in their warehouse and delivery operations? Here is just one article on what it's like to work on the logistics side of Amazon: "Amazon chews through the average worker in eight months. They need a union

I hope and pray this is not the future for the doctors, nurses and other front-line staff under Amazon's leadership. Do we have any grounds for optimism? 

 

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The acquisition gives Amazon
a physical network of health-care offices and providers, and One Medical's proprietary technology enabling virtual doctor visits.

All the news to date is focused on the business implications of Amazon's entry into patient care or on the impacts for patients in the new, Amazon-controlled system.

In this blog post let's talk about the impact on the Physicians in the One Medical System as they are acquired and molded to Amazon's business objectives.

Tags: stop physician burnout, employee physician

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TOP Physician Links: Doctor Abuse, Administrators at Fault, the ZEN-tensivist Manifesto

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Stop #PhysicianBurnout Links of the Week

Escape the Whirlwind of Your Practice Week with these Quality Articles and Studies.

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Stop Physician Burnout - Always be Building a More Ideal Practice

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Stop Physician Burnout by continuously building a more Ideal Practice ... here's how

In this brief video lesson (5:28) you will learn a three-step process to always be building a more Ideal Practice.

[Up to 1 Hour of CME Credit Available]
[ see link below the video frame]

Tags: Physician Job Search, stop physician burnout, physician burnout video training

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Are CHATBOTS Really a Solution to Physician Burnout? One Tech CEO's Nirvana Scenario

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Stop #PhysicianBurnout

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Is a Burned Out Doctor Better for Patients?

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

Here is my nominee for the all-time Worst Physician Burnout Article Headline

An article last week in Medpage Today by Kristina Fiore used this headline:

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When is a Medical Error a Criminal Act and Are YOU Next?

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

When is a medical error a criminal act and what is your risk of being thrown under the bus if you make a mistake?

A nurse was recently convicted of a criminal act - negligent homicide - for a 2017 medical error at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN.

Tags: stop physician burnout, medical errors

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Can We Use the Pareto Principle to Stop Physician Burnout?

Posted by Dike Drummond MD

You know the Pareto Principle either by that name or by its more common expression: The 80:20 Rule

Turns out that the Pareto Principle applies to Physician Burnout. We even have a study to prove the point. 

Tags: stop physician burnout

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