Bruce Cummings
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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Bruce Cummings
Mar 215 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
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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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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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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Bruce Cummings
Jan 23 min read
Note from Hospital Employees to Hospital Leaders: “It’s Not Me, It’s You.”
Note to leaders: if you want more front-line employee engagement and alignment, take a look at reducing the frequency of meetings.
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Bruce Cummings
Dec 29, 20233 min read
A New York City Physician's Legacy is Realized in Massachusetts
A tribute to Dr. Lorna Breen and to the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes Foundation...
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Bruce Cummings
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Word of the Year, “Riz”, Meet Healthcare Phenomenon of the Decade, “Labordemic”
Still more reasons for hospital leaders to think, act, and prioritize differently...
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Bruce Cummings
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Curing Clinician Turnover: The Unvarnished Truth for Healthcare Executives
A nursing researcher and a former hospital CEO walk into a bar…
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Bruce Cummings
Nov 28, 20233 min read
Nurses to Senior Leaders: We Don't Trust You
A MIT study recalls to mind this line by Yigrette (nurse) from the Game of Thrones epic: "You know nothing, Jon Snow (senior executive)"
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Bruce Cummings
Oct 30, 20233 min read
CDC's Marquee Publication, MMWR, Highlights Declines in Healthcare Worker Mental Health
Discussion on recommendations from the CDC about what's needed to counteract intensifying stress of front-line healthcare workers.
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Bruce Cummings
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Findings From the Mass General Physician Organization (MGPO) Multi-Year Burnout Study
Mass General Brigham conducted a multi-year study of burnout among its own physicians and clinicians ultimately showing sobering data...
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Bruce Cummings
Oct 17, 20232 min read
Another Cost of Inadequate Action on Clinician Burnout
Here's why physicians and clinicians may decide to turn to a union for seeking a renewed sense of agency and obtaining relief from burnout
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Bruce Cummings
Oct 10, 20232 min read
Yet Another Study Showing Key Factors in Burnout Reduction and Employee Retention Strategies
A recent study from Huron Consulting shows yet another year-over-year increase in clinician burnout. Here’s why.
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