physician satisfaction
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Transparent Communication Can Help Close the Trust Gap Between Physicians and Organizational Leaders
Only about half of physicians think their organization’s leaders are transparent, honest and make good decisions for patients and employees, according to a new report. To remedy this problem, the leaders of provider organizations must deploy more transparent communication lines with their physicians, as well as facilitate opportunities for physicians to nurture connections with their teams.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Can Positive Patient Feedback Reduce Burnout? One Company Thinks So
Software company Feedtrail recently launched a clinician retention workgroup designed to streamline the process of connecting employees to positive patient feedback. The first cohort involves four providers, including Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles and Huntington Hospital in Pasadena.
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Consumer / Employer, Health Tech
Report: Female physicians are much more aware of medicine’s gender discrimination than male physicians
Gender discrimination is felt much more in women physicians than it is in men, according to a new report. It found that two-thirds of the female physicians have experienced gender discrimination from a medical colleague, and 57% of them have experienced it from a patients. These numbers were 30% and 19%, respectively, for male physicians.
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Physician groups revive ‘Quadruple Aim’ movement
That phrase has been around for several years, but sort of became official in late 2014, when the Annals of Family Medicine published a commentary about the Quadruple Aim.
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Papers examine physician burnout, patient safety risks tied to EHRs
One study found that first-year residents in internal medicine spent 5-7 hours a day — about 40 minutes per patient — reading and entering data into EHRs. Another article urged healthcare executives to pay attention to physician complaints about EHR usability.