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Articles and Tips on Clinician Burnout and Workplace Wellbeing

New insights into tackling the healthcare workforce crisis

Bruce Cummings

7 days ago4 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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An important advance in reducing clinician burnout is also good for improving executive-clinician relations

Bruce Cummings

Oct 314 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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How to know if you have a true healthcare system versus a "roll-up" of parts and pieces?

Bruce Cummings

Oct 243 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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Think AI will cure all that ails hospitals and health systems?

Bruce Cummings

Oct 113 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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Exploring The Role of "Administrivia" As a Key Factor in Clinician Burnout

Bruce Cummings

Aug 123 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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JAMA Open Network Piece On Clinician Burnout Misses The Bigger Target

Bruce Cummings

May 74 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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Expecting NIOSH to Reveal the Secrets to Reducing Burnout in Healthcare?

Bruce Cummings

Apr 305 min read

Expecting NIOSH to Reveal the Secrets to Reducing Burnout in Healthcare?

So much anticipated, so little actionable guidance...

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Constructive Feedback to the California Nurses Association (CNA): Rethink Your Position or at Least Re-work Your Public Pronouncements Regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Bruce Cummings

Apr 244 min read

Constructive Feedback to the California Nurses Association (CNA): Rethink Your Position or at Least Re-work Your Public Pronouncements Regarding Artificial Intelligence (AI)

The CNA would be wise to look the potential AI gift horses in the mouth, not reject it out of hand...

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The RN Shortage in the US: Another Truism That's Not, Well, True

Bruce Cummings

Apr 174 min read

The RN Shortage in the US: Another Truism That's Not, Well, True

To change the staffing results, change the conditions...

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Question: What Major National Healthcare Organization is Missing in Action on Clinician Burnout? Answer: The American Hospital Association

Bruce Cummings

Apr 124 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 125 min read

Tackling and Taming the EHR Monster

Mercy Health delivers a textbook example of effective EHR remediation.

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Wait. What? AI Won’t Slay All The Dragons in Healthcare?

Bruce Cummings

Mar 53 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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Are Introverted Leaders More Likely to Remediate the Healthcare Workforce Crisis?

Bruce Cummings

Feb 205 min read

Are Introverted Leaders More Likely to Remediate the Healthcare Workforce Crisis?

“Quiet people have the loudest minds” — Stephen Hawking

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A Comprehensive, Sustainable Approach to Resolving Hospitals’ and Group Practices’ Workforce Challenges

Bruce Cummings

Feb 134 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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Exploding The Myth of Personal Resilience Programming as an Antidote to Clinician Burnout

Bruce Cummings

Feb 72 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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A Prescription for Hospital Leaders: Emulate 8 Essential Qualities, Adopt “Quiet Management”, and Approach Front-line Clinicians With a New Perspective

Bruce Cummings

Jan 232 min read

A Prescription for Hospital Leaders: Emulate 8 Essential Qualities, Adopt “Quiet Management”, and Approach Front-line Clinicians With a New Perspective

A prescription for a lighter management touch and more effective leadership engagement with front-line clinicians.

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