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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
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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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
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 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
Mar 125 min read
Tackling and Taming the EHR Monster
Mercy Health delivers a textbook example of effective EHR remediation.
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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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Bruce Cummings
Feb 277 min read
Toward Organizational Wellbeing: A Clarion Call for Leading Hospitals, Health Systems, and Medical Group Practices Differently
Compelling new research from McKinsey explains why. We explain how...
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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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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
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
Nov 21, 20232 min read
CEO Turnover: Burnout Engulfs the C-Suite, Too
Healthcare clinicians and physicians are not alone in experiencing unprecedented levels of burnout...
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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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