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How the Cleveland Clinic overcame barriers to team-based care

From patient concerns to finances, AMA member Kevin Hopkins, MD, talks about how Cleveland Clinic overcame barriers to team-based care.

Scope of Practice
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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.

Physician Health
James Jerzak, MD
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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
Icons of a healthy culture of medicine: resiliency, listening, team culture, avoiding burnout, organization
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Take practical steps toward a healthier culture for medicine

The AMA’s targeted, evidence-based advice will help health systems and clinics create a culture of well-being in their organizations. Discover tools you can use now.

Physician Health
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Set clear rules to stop bad behavior that worsens morale

Inappropriate and disruptive behavior by physicians and other hospital staff isn’t just a teamwork issue. It can be a sign of burnout and a threat to patient safety and quality of care. Here’s what your organization can do.

Physician Health
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Working overtime? At Stanford, physicians bank the time for later

Doctors who take on time-consuming roles are allowed to save time for grocery-store trips, dry cleaning, meal deliveries and more.

Physician Health
Tait Shanafelt, MD at the American Conference on Physician Health
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Health care leaders must put physician well-being at top of agenda

Low morale among physicians is not an individual failing, but the result of an organizational culture that doesn’t support well-being. Burnout expert Tait Shanafelt, MD, has some ideas on how to change that.

Physician Health
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Taming clinical chaos means fewer physicians eyeing exit: study

The more satisfied physicians are, the less likely they are to leave their practices, says newly published research.

Physician Health
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Dr. Harmon: The moment I knew medicine was my calling

Family physician Gerald Harmon, MD, says the greatest discoveries and experiences in medicine lie in the days to come.

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Physician Health
When I Knew Medicine Was My Calling