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Articles and Tips on Clinician Burnout and Workplace Wellbeing

Bruce Cummings

Oct 2, 20232 min read

Getting it Right: Providence Health Using AI to Promote More Flexible Work Schedules

Kudos to Providence Health, who has recently developed an AI-enabled staffing algorithm for fostering greater flexibility in work schedules.

Bruce Cummings

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Burnout and The Cost of Physician Turnover — Latest Data

Bruce D. Cummings, MPH, LFACHE analyzes recent data regarding the real costs of physician turnover and how it impacts clinician burnout.

Bruce Cummings

Sep 18, 20232 min read

Dissecting Hospitals’ Limited Action So Far in Addressing Clinician Burnout

Healthcare Leaders and hospitals are still not aggressively, consistently, and comprehensively tackling the epidemic of clinician burnout...

Bruce Cummings

Sep 12, 20232 min read

Treat the Causes of Burnout, Not the Symptoms

A recent article written by Olga Khazan confirms that clinician burnout is a workplace problem that only healthcare leaders can help fix.

Bruce Cummings

Sep 5, 20234 min read

Tackling The Nursing Burnout, Turnover & Retention Crisis: Findings From AONL & AMN

If you are a hospital or health system leader, these effective measures can mitigate turnover, reduce burnout and improve staff retention...

Bruce Cummings

Aug 28, 20233 min read

Servant Leadership Exemplified by Healthcare Executives? Not So Much.

It's not enough to have a servant leader's mindset. One must demonstrate specific actions as both a healthcare leader and organization...

Bruce Cummings

Aug 21, 20232 min read

The McKinsey Health Institute Study: Addressing Employee Burnout

A recent study by McKinsey Health Institute shows healthcare leaders hold the ultimate practices to help reduce clinician burnout.

Paul DeChant

Aug 8, 20232 min read

Healthcare Physicians Unionizing

A recent article in Becker’s Healthcare reported on a growing trend – physicians joining a union. Let's dive into why this may be happening.

Bruce Cummings

Aug 2, 20232 min read

The Burden of Clinician & Physician Burnout - A Study

A study on physician burnout including compelling statistics and how the underlying cause of burnout always comes back to the workplace...