Dr Mark Friedberg: Clinician Burnout and Reorganization of the Practice
May 7th 2018Practice reorganization can worsen clinician burnout, explained Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP, senior natural scientist and director of the Boston office at RAND Corporation, who also discussed his solutions for addressing burnout in the practice.
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Barbara Balik: Focus on System Issues, Not the Individual, to Prevent Burnout
April 26th 2018The main causes of burnout stem from the system of the practice, not individual behaviors, said Barbara Balik, EdD, MS, RN, co-founder of Aefina Partners and senior faculty at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement.
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Dr Mark Friedberg Recognizes the Importance of Addressing Underlying Causes of Burnout
April 19th 2018"If clinicians are burning out, it is unlikely that participation in new payment models will be sustainable," explained Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP, senior natural scientist and director of the Boston office at RAND Corporation.
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Dr Mark Friedberg on Achieving Professional Satisfaction in the Practice
April 11th 2018In the last few years, there’s been a real surge in interest in professional satisfaction in healthcare, according to Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP, senior natural scientist and director of the Boston office at RAND Corporation.
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Dr Justin Bachmann Discusses Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients
February 8th 2018Only 20% of patients who have a heart attack undergo recommended cardiac rehabilitation, so cardiologists are looking at ways to encourage patients to go to rehab, explained Justin Bachmann, MD, MPH, FACC, instructor of Medicine and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Dr Justin Bachmann Discusses Consequences of Value-Based Care Being Done Incorrectly
January 6th 2018Insufficient risk adjustment is a dangerous consequence of incorrectly implemented value-based care models, explained Justin Bachmann, MD, MPH, FACC, instructor of Medicine and Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Dr Shantanu Agrawal on the Challenge of Adjusting Measures for Social Risk Factors
December 14th 2017There is some controversy in healthcare about whether or not healthcare performance measures should be adjusted for social risk factors, and Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil, CEO and president of (NQF), outlined both sides of the debate.
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Dr Mark Friedberg Discusses His Findings on Workplace Conditions in FQHCs
December 5th 2017A demonstration of federally qualified health centers across the country found a decline in multiple measures of professional satisfaction, workplace environment, and workplace culture, said Dr Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP, Senior Natural Scientist, Director, Boston Office, RAND Corporation
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Dr Frank James: Working to Increase Access to Medication-Assisted Treatment
November 26th 2017We need to educate both the public and providers on medication-assisted treatment and understand that it is not substituting one drug for another, said Frank James, MD, JD, of American Society of Addiction Medicine.
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Barbara Balik Explains the Biggest Stressors That Cause Clinician Burnout
November 19th 2017Workload, work-life integration, and flexibility in daily work are among the factors that can exacerbate or cause clinician burnout, said Barbara Balik, EdD, MS, RN, Co-Founder, Aefina Partners; Senior Faculty, Institute of Healthcare Improvement.
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Dr Justin Bachmann: Challenges of Implementing Behavioral Interventions in Cardiac Care
November 18th 2017The biggest challenge of implementing behavioral interventions to improve care for patients with cardiovascular disease is reimbursement models, said Justin Bachmann, MD, MPH, FACC, Cardiologist and Clinical Investigator, Instructor of Medicine and Health Policy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
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Dr Mark Friedberg: How Practices Shifting to Value-Based Care Models Can Alleviate Burnout
November 16th 2017When shifting to the value-based care model, organizations should do a few things at a time instead of trying to do too much as once, said Dr Mark Friedberg, MD, MPP, Senior Natural Scientist, Director, Boston Office, RAND Corporation.
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Dr Frank James on the Role of Stigma in Addiction Treatment
November 15th 2017It is important to treat addiction as a chronic disease and to address the stigmatization of both the addiction and the treatments we have available to treat it, said Dr Frank James, MD, JD, of American Society of Addiction Medicine.
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Moving Specialties and the Whole Healthcare Industry to Value-Based Payment Models
November 2nd 2017During the final panel at the fall meeting of the ACO & Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition® in Nashville, Tennessee, panelists discussed the progress specialties have made in moving to value-based payment models, as well as the challenges facing the industry as a whole. The panel consisted of 3 individuals who provided perspectives from specific specialties, and 1 with an overall policy perspective.
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Dr Frank James on Improving Treatment for Addiction
November 1st 2017Improving treatment for addiction means first recognizing that addiction is a chronic disease and also understanding that relapse is part of the disease process, explained Frank James, MD, JD, of American Society of Addiction Medicine.
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The Challenge of Adjusting Health Measures for Social Risk Factors
October 31st 2017There have been tremendous improvements in healthcare quality and performance measurements, but one area where more needs to be done is incorporating social risk factors into these measurements, said Shantanu Agrawal, MD, CEO and president of National Quality Forum.
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Navigating the Politics of the Healthcare Landscape
October 30th 2017At the fall ACO & Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition®, Clay Alspach, JD, principal at Leavitt Partners, discussed navigating the current political and payment reform landscape, making sense of the uncertainty, and preparing for the unexpected.
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Making the Case for Integrated Care and Physician Engagement With Addiction Patients
October 30th 2017A back to back session and panel at the falls’ ACO & Emerging Healthcare Delivery Coalition focused on the importance of utilizing integrated healthcare to treat individuals with addiction and ensuring physicians are educated on understanding addiction.
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Dr Shantanu Agrawal: Incorporating Social Risk Factors Into Performance Measures
October 28th 2017Over 2 years, the National Quality Forum (NQF) studied how to best incorporate social risk factors into healthcare measurements and identified the biggest challenges, said Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil, CEO and president of NQF.
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