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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 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
Dec 19, 20243 min read
Optum: United Healthcare's other insult
United Healthcare and Optum: irony, profits, and Stockholm Syndrome in healthcare's biggest players.
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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
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
Oct 4, 20244 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 26, 20245 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 12, 20245 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 27, 20247 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 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
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
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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