Help Curb Clinician Burnout with This 4-Point Strategy
nnAlthough physicians are admired for mastering medical knowledge, keeping up with the flood of medical information can lead to anxiety and self-doubt. Check out some steps to help curb clinician burnout! nn3. Measuring the clinician experiencennAddressing burnout requires collecting data on multiple measures, the report says.nn”Leaders focused on reducing burnout and improving resilience in the clinician workforce should be prepared to measure engagement with sufficient thoroughness and frequency that the data allow segmentation, benchmarking and detection of change.”nnPress Ganey has developed an eight-point assessment tool to measure clinician resilience. The first four questions gauge capacity to disengage from work:n
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- I can enjoy my personal time without focusing on work
- I rarely lose sleep over work
- I can free my mind from work when I am away from it
- I can disconnect from work communications during my free time
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nThe last four questions in the assessment tool measure engagement with work.n
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- I care for patients equally even when it is difficult
- I see every patient as an individual with specific needs
- The work I do makes a real difference
- My work is meaningful
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n4. Designing interventionsnnThe report says there are four steps to developing an organization strategy for enhancing resilience and decreasing burnout:n
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- Communicate the gravity of burnout, accept responsibility for addressing external stressors, and offer resources for coping with inherent stressors
- Measure engagement and resilience of physicians, nurses and other key personnel, benchmark at unit levels, and monitor change associated with interventions
- Promote inherent rewards to boost clinician engagement
- Foster a culture of wellness and resilience
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nThis article was originally posted on healthleadersmedia.com
The Know Your Legal Rights database was launched by The Colorado Medical Society and others to help give you the knowledge about how to protect your patients from illegal practices. Keep reading, below, for more information on the Know Your Legal Rights database! nnThe Colorado Medical Society and component medical societies are pleased to launch the Know Your Legal Rights database, an online, searchable compilation of all of the Colorado laws in place to protect you and your patients from unfair, predatory and unscrupulous – not to mention illegal – practices.nnThese physician protections have been secured through more than a decade of hard-hitting advocacy by CMS and our allies in the General Assembly and the rule-setting process, but many physicians are unaware that these laws exist or how to find and use them. Now, CMS members are just a keystroke from knowing the legal tools at your disposal and how to use them effectively. It’s your instant guide to Colorado physicians’ legal rights.nnTo access the Know Your Legal Rights database, go to 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is targeting more than 60 million Americans with their new plan to provide rural communities quality and affordable healthcare options. nnCMS unveiled the Rural Health Strategy on Tuesday with the goal of helping millions of Americans across the United States obtain quality healthcare. “Through its implementation and our continued stakeholder engagement, this strategy will enhance the positive impacts CMS policies have on beneficiaries who live in rural areas,” said CMS Administrator, Seema Verma.nnCMS will look to raise state and local stakeholder engagement to make the agency’s policies more effective and curb the “unintended consequences of policy and program implementation” in those communities, the agency said.Through the new strategy, CMS is focused on accomplishing the five goals listed below:n
Welter Healthcare Partners is proud to announce our new partnership with HealthTeamWorks who is know for helping medical practices, physician organizations and integrated delivery networks (IDNs) improve their performance in delivering value-based services. As Welter Healthcare Partners shares a similar focus for helping improve the success of your business, we believe in the goal behind HealthTeamWorks as they are committed to improving quality measures in your team and organization.nnThe HistorynOur solutions have been developed drawing knowledge from our more than 20 years of experience working with health teams and our experienced staff with backgrounds and advanced degrees in healthcare and business.nnThe MissionnWith more than 20 years of healthcare transformation experience, our approach fosters sustainable improvement for organizations to succeed in today’s changing healthcare environment, which is becoming more regulated, expensive, and complicated to navigate. We enable our clients to achieve measurable improvements in healthcare delivery through deep client collaboration and a shared commitment to achieve improved patient care, lowered costs, workplace satisfaction, and healthier communities.nnThe VisionnThrough partnership and innovation, HealthTeamWorks is viewed as a nationally recognized leader at the forefront of healthcare transformation by providing exceptional high-quality solutions and services that are delivered by professionals who are passionate about their work and inspire our clients to transform the healthcare delivery system.nn
Join Colorado Medical Group Management Association and Professional Association of Health Care Office Management for 2018 Payer Day! Hear what’s new from our insurance carriers and have your questions answered! Get the inside track to the latest information vital to your practice including health care reform plans, claims submissions and payments. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with your peers and meet insurance representatives face to face.nn