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Bruce Cummings
24 hours ago3 min read
The growing and disturbing impacts of physician burnout
Two Boston Globe stories reveal a common issue, physician burnout. Learn how leadership-driven changes can help.
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Bruce Cummings
Jan 233 min read
Latest Health Professions Burnout Data from the Mayo Well-Being Index
The 2023-2024 Mayo Well-Being Index shows slight drops in burnout rates, with 50% of healthcare professionals still burned out.
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Bruce Cummings
Jan 163 min read
Mindfulness Training: A Case of Misplaced Effort by Nurses for Nurses
Mindfulness training may offer temporary relief, but it fails to address the systemic issues causing clinician burnout.
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Bruce Cummings
Dec 26, 20243 min read
A widely read on-line publication misses the boat on clinician burnout
A recent Health Leaders report on clinician burnout highlights critical misunderstandings about its causes and solutions.
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Bruce Cummings
Dec 19, 20243 min read
Optum: United Healthcare's other insult
United Healthcare and Optum: irony, profits, and Stockholm Syndrome in healthcare's biggest players.
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Bruce Cummings
Dec 12, 20245 min read
Reflections on the United Healthcare CEO Assassination
United Healthcare CEO's death prompts a look at systemic issues driving clinician burnout and solutions for change.
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Bruce Cummings
Nov 14, 20243 min read
Moving the needle on Clinician Burnout
Explore how leadership-driven changes can transform healthcare workplaces.
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Bruce Cummings
Nov 6, 20244 min read
New insights into tackling the healthcare workforce crisis
Healthcare crisis: burnout, turnover high. Leaders must empower staff, streamline workflows, and use AI.
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Bruce Cummings
Oct 31, 20244 min read
An important advance in reducing clinician burnout is also good for improving executive-clinician relations
An advance in reducing clinician burnout is the PSH40 metric, defining scheduled patient hours for fairer workloads and better balance.
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Bruce Cummings
Oct 24, 20243 min read
How to know if you have a true healthcare system versus a "roll-up" of parts and pieces?
Real healthcare success comes from a unified clinical team, not scale. Trust, shared values, and clinician involvement are key.
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Bruce Cummings
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Think AI will cure all that ails hospitals and health systems?
MIT Professor says to lower one's expectations For those healthcare leaders hoping that AI will deliver extraordinary improvements in the...
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Bruce Cummings
Aug 12, 20243 min read
Exploring The Role of "Administrivia" As a Key Factor in Clinician Burnout
There are great tech solutions to much of administrivia, and yet there are still plenty of aspects for which there are no tech solutions.
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Bruce Cummings
May 7, 20244 min read
JAMA Open Network Piece On Clinician Burnout Misses The Bigger Target
Peer support teams are effective but will not end clinician burnout...
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Bruce Cummings
Apr 30, 20245 min read
Expecting NIOSH to Reveal the Secrets to Reducing Burnout in Healthcare?
So much anticipated, so little actionable guidance...
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Bruce Cummings
Apr 12, 20244 min read
Question: What Major National Healthcare Organization is Missing in Action on Clinician Burnout? Answer: The American Hospital Association
A venerable organization serves up up pablum instead of meaningful, actionable advice.
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Bruce Cummings
Mar 26, 20245 min read
Yet Another Data-Rich Case Study Highlighting the Nexus Between the Workplace and Health
McKinsey shows how employers doing good for their people results in both organizations and their people doing well.
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Bruce Cummings
Mar 21, 20245 min read
Is the Staffing Crisis Over in Healthcare? No, There's Still Time to Act.
But senior leaders need to reimagine and redesign the workplace. Now.
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Bruce Cummings
Mar 5, 20243 min read
Wait. What? AI Won’t Slay All The Dragons in Healthcare?
To realize breakthrough results for clinicians, AI must be met by changes in workplace culture, policies, and leadership practices.
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Bruce Cummings
Feb 13, 20244 min read
A Comprehensive, Sustainable Approach to Resolving Hospitals’ and Group Practices’ Workforce Challenges
Change the work environment, reap the benefits.
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Bruce Cummings
Feb 7, 20242 min read
Exploding The Myth of Personal Resilience Programming as an Antidote to Clinician Burnout
A popular workplace trend not supported by evidence.
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