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Bruce Cummings
4 days ago3 min read
Successfully tackling clinician burnout requires a comprehensive, disciplined approach
Clinician burnout isn’t about resilience—it’s a workplace issue. See what’s missing in common solutions and how leaders can drive change.
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Bruce Cummings
Feb 275 min read
The Third Way: A Primer on Successful Organizational Transformations
A team-based approach can drive real transformation in healthcare. Learn how to improve efficiency and reduce burnout.
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Bruce Cummings
Feb 204 min read
Lessons From Losses: Reflections on MassGeneralBrigham's Predicament
Big health systems struggle, but real success comes from engaged teams, not just size or endowments.
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Bruce Cummings
Feb 53 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 313 min read
A Tumultuous Week for Anyone Concerned About Health, Healthcare, Healthcare Workers, and/or Healthcare Leaders
Washington’s chaos, from halted grants to controversial Cabinet picks, is impacting healthcare and workers.
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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 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
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
Feb 20, 20245 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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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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Bruce Cummings
Jan 23, 20242 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 9, 20243 min read
Word of the Day: “Shibboleth.” Or, What Do Eliminating SAT’s and Clinician Burnout Have in Common?
The trap of conventional wisdom...
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Bruce Cummings
Jan 2, 20243 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 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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