Hospital/physician relations

Apr 07 | Jeff Lagasse

To tackle nurse and staff burnout, healthcare needs to staff efficiently and emphasize employee wellbeing

More efficient staffing and mental health supports for staff will allow health…

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Mar 25 | Jeff Lagasse

athenahealth attempts to tackle physician burnout through medical coding

Physicians spend an average of 90 minutes after hours focused on coding work, according to time and productivity…

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Mar 15 | Jeff Lagasse

Optimized EHR flowsheets found to reduce clinician burden, burnout

Flowsheet functionality can be simplified and the comments made more readily visible, which reduces provider effort.

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Mar 05 | Susan Morse

HHS asks Supreme Court for more time in filing response to site neutral payment review

The American Hospital Association has requested judicial review of an appeals court decision to reduce…

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Mar 04 | Jeff Lagasse

A large pay gap exists between independent and hospital-employed doctors

The payment gap was $63,000 for primary care doctors, $178,000 for medical specialists and $150,000 for surgeons.

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Founder Dr. Nathan Davis’ history of discriminatory practices has led to the removal of his likeness from the group’s Chicago headquarters.

Feb 17 | Jeff Lagasse

AMA removes bust of founder from public display over racist past

Founder Dr. Nathan Davis' history of discriminatory practices has led to the removal of his likeness from the…

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Feb 11 |

The top ten things CEOs got right during the pandemic

CEOs and CFOs had to become more agile overnight and shared many of the same best practices.

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Seventeen percent of LGB medical students reported high levels of burnout compared to 11.1% of heterosexual students.

Feb 03 | Jeff Lagasse

Lesbian, gay and bisexual medical students are more likely to experience burnout

Seventeen percent of LGB medical students reported high levels of burnout compared to 11.1% of heterosexual…

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Jan 27 | Jeff Lagasse

Efficient staffing can combat healthcare workforce shortages brought about by COVID-19

Knowing the patient population and allocating staff based on skill level are effective measures to…

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COVID-19 has exacerbated issues contributing to physician burnout, but the stress of treating coronavirus patients has not substantially increased.

Jan 25 | Jeff Lagasse

Physician happiness plunges in new healthcare burnout report

COVID-19 has exacerbated issues contributing to physician burnout, but the stress of treating coronavirus patients has not…

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