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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 44 min read
A new robust report from Mercer forecasts the healthcare workforce in 2028
Mercer's new report forecasts the U.S. healthcare workforce in 2028, revealing a mix of shortages and surpluses across roles and regions.
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Bruce Cummings
Mar 265 min read
Yet Another Data-Rich Case Study Highlighting the Nexus Between the Workplace and Health
McKinsey shows how employers doing good for their people results in both organizations and their people doing well.
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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
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 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 93 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
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 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.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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