Dr. Kevin Taylor, internal medicine physician and professional coach, and Marlene Chism, a consultant, trainer, professional speaker, and author of the recently published book, From Conflict to Courage, outline a blueprint to guide leaders through difficult conversations and workplace conflict. Learn more about Marlene’s resources: https://marlenechism.com/

Dr. Mark Bauer, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. JoAnn Kirchner, past Director of the Veterans Healthcare Administration Behavioral Health Quality Enhancement Research Initiative and staff at Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, discuss how physicians and other health care leaders can better translate research into practice using implementation...

Dr. Laura Vater, gastrointestinal oncologist at the Indiana University Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, shares strategies for promoting wellness for medical students and residents. She also shares her own burnout story and offers key strategies to promote well-being for all clinicians regardless of where they are at in their practice. Explore the Wellness-Centered Leadership Playbook:...

This episode (originally aired October 4, 2023) is now available for CME credit! Copy/paste this link into your browser to earn CME for listening: https://bit.ly/47scxCk Guest Dr. Dan Alford, Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine joins host Dr. Jill Jin, AMA Senior Physician Advisor, to discuss the essentials of good pain care and shares strategies for mitigating risk and applying a team-based...

Dr. Jill Jin and Dr. Marie Brown discuss how to save time and improve medication adherence with 90x4 annual prescription renewals. They share strategies for successful implementation and counter even the most skeptical physician’s reservations. MOC Part IV: https://bit.ly/47zFE73 Explore the AMA STEPS Forward® Annual Prescription Renewal toolkit: https://bit.ly/3mKY6rs Debunking Regulatory Myths Series: https://bit.ly/3MIIVsx

Dr. Topher Sharp, internist and Chief Medical Information Officer at Stanford Medicine, joins host Dr. Jill Jin to discuss how Stanford Medicine created a personalized EHR coaching approach using audit log data. Get the EHR Inbox Reduction Checklist: https://bit.ly/3Ew1gEO Explore the EHR Inbox Management toolkit: https://bit.ly/3PbkAxN Explore the Taming the EHR Playbook: https://bit.ly/3CsIqNK

Dr. Mark Greenawald, Vice Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Carilion Clinic and Professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, shares strategies for how to be employed “well” by optimizing your professional satisfaction.     Read Dr. Greenawald’s article: https://bit.ly/3MUHfvY   Explore the Wellness Centered Leadership Playbook: https://bit.ly/4cRjJM2   Explore the What to Look for in Your First or Next Practice Toolkit: https://bit.ly/4gwjJTu  

Dr. Hani Chaabo, Medical Director of Well-Being at Ridgecrest Regional Hospital, joins guest host Dr. Sea Chen to discuss the Well-Being 2.0 framework, a roadmap for restoring joy in medicine. His also shares the importance of assessment and how to make the well-being case to leadership.     Learn more about the Joy in Medicine™ Recognition Program: https://bit.ly/4grBN0Q   Learn more about the Organizational Biopsy®: https://bit.ly/3UG87Bg   Calculate the cost of physician burnout in your...

Dr. Jerry Abraham, Kedren Health, shares his experience participating in the Medical Justice in Advocacy Fellowship, an education initiative from the AMA and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine. He also discusses how he’s been able to connect the dots between climate change and health equity in his day-to-day work as a physician, both in the office and in street medicine. Explore the Social Determinants of Health Toolkit: https://bit.ly/3vpunZb ...

Drs. Tyra Fainstad and Adrienne Mann, University of Colorado Medicine, join host Dr. Jill Jin to discuss Better Together: a four-month, fully virtual group coaching program for physicians, trainees, and APPs. They explore the program’s coaching methods, as well as its positive impacts on reducing burnout and imposter syndrome, as illustrated by their randomized clinical trial results. Learn more about Better Together Physician Coaching here: https://bit.ly/3velgu1 Read Effect of a Novel...

Dr. Mickey Trockel, Psychiatrist and Director of Evidence-Based Innovation for the Stanford University School of Medicine WellMD Center, shares findings from a recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings on the impact of work on personal relationships and physician well-being.     Read Dr. Trockel’s article here: https://mayocl.in/47lXLOY Explore the Wellness-Centered Leadership Playbook: https://bit.ly/4cRjJM2 Explore the Get Rid of Stupid Stuff Toolkit: https://bit.ly/47yUN9p ...

Dr. Jeannine Engel, internal medicine physician and Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, describes the most recent billing and coding documentation guidelines and offers solutions to reduce note bloat and other documentation inefficiencies. Explore the Simplified Outpatient Documentation and Coding toolkit: https://bit.ly/3P3cczn

Veronica Sek, Adjunct Professor at Malcolm X City College of Chicago and Business Services Manager at Sinai Urban Health Institute, shares how to implement a Community Health Worker, a frontline public health figure who is a trusted member of the population they serve, into a team-based care model. Explore the Team-Based Care toolkit: https://bit.ly/3LHcDP3

Dr. Marie Brown, Director of Practice Redesign at the AMA, and Dr. Kate Kirley, family medicine physician and AMA Director of Chronic Disease Prevention, discuss how CMS expanded Medicare coverage for screening tests. CMS is now covering Hemoglobin A1C (HbA1c) test, bringing Medicare coverage in alignment with the United States Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. Explore the Team-Based Care of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes Toolkit: https://bit.ly/3PgmgEm

In case you missed it, check out this episode of the AMA STEPS Forward® podcast (originally aired February 21, 2024): Dr. Melinda Ashton, Former Executive VP at Hawaii Pacific Health, and Tracy Methered, Director of Clinical Informatics and Epic Nursing Liaison at Hawaii Pacific Health, discuss GROSS – or Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff: a system-wide program developed by their team to reduce meaningless documentation requirements within the electronic health record. Explore the GROSS Toolkit:...

Dr. Sarah Coles, a family medicine physician, AAFP member, and Program Director for the Family and Community Medicine Residency at North Country Healthcare in Arizona, joins guest host Dr. Sea Chen to share practical insights for behavioral health integration, from hybrid model adoption and implementation to finding sustainable success in practice. Explore the BHI Collaborative’s Compendium here: https://bit.ly/3rmQCgP Explore the BHI webinars here: https://bit.ly/3SExup3

Dr. Greg Wallingford, Associate Program Director for the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship and Course Director for the Leadership Curriculum at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas, Austin, shares how his team developed a rapid debriefing tool to support teams after stressful events. He also draws the connection between well-being and leadership, sharing strategies for bringing everyday leadership skills to teams when they need them the most. Explore the...

Dr. Erik Fromme, Senior Scientist for Ariadne Labs Serious Illness Care Program, and Dr. Namita Seth Mohta, Executive Editor for NEJM Catalyst, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Physician, and Faculty at Ariadne Lab’s Serious Illness Care Program share strategies to integrate timely, person-centered serious illness conversations and care planning into routine clinical practice. Explore the Serious Illness Care Conversation Guide: https://bit.ly/4eYkBzy Get the Empathetic Listening toolkit:...

Dr. Joseph Biggio, System Chair and Service Line Leader for Women’s Services and System Chair of Maternal Fetal Medicine at Ochsner Health, joins guest host Dr. Margaret Lozovatsky, AMA VP of Digital Health Innovations to explore Ochsner Health's Connected Maternity Online Monitoring (MOM) program. Learn how digital tools are remotely monitoring pregnant patients, reducing the need for in-person visits, and advancing maternal health outcomes. Explore case studies on digitally enabled care...

Dr. Wayne Jonas, family physician and President of the Healing Works Foundation, shares the HOPE Note tool: a resource for adding integrative care into a routine office visit, as well as “Healing and Cancer: A Guide to Whole Person Cancer Care.” Explore the Healing Works Foundation: https://healingworksfoundation.org/ Read Implementing Whole Person Primary Care: Results from a Year-Long Learning Collaborative: https://bit.ly/4ejajJQ

Dr. Kevin Taylor, internal medicine physician and professional coach, and Marlene Chism, a consultant, trainer, professional speaker, and author of the recently published book, From Conflict to Courage, outline a blueprint to guide leaders through difficult conversations and workplace conflict. Learn more about Marlene’s resources: https://marlenechism.com/

Dr. Thomas Heinrich, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, joins guest host Dr. Sea Chen to discuss the impact chronic medical conditions can have on a patient's behavioral health. He also shares practical tips for discussing mental health and assessing patient readiness for behavioral health referral and offers strategies for both primary care and specialists. Explore the BHI Collaborative’s Compendium here: https://bit.ly/3rmQCgP Explore the BHI...

Dr. Michael Ivy, trauma surgeon and Chief Medical Officer at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, shares his personal experience with burnout and depression that ultimately led him to contemplate taking his own life. He also shares insights for combatting the lingering stigma around asking for help in the culture of medicine. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,...

Dr. Linda Brubaker, Director of Physician Wellness at University of California San Diego, and Dr. Nicole Goldhaber, Surgical Resident at University of California San Diego, share how they’ve worked to reduce unnecessary mandatory training burden at their organization. Read Mountains of Modules: Assessment and Redesign of Online Mandatory Training to Promote Physician Wellness and Reduce Burnout: https://bit.ly/3WOfxXV