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Dr. Burnout – The 2021 Medscape Physician Burnout & Suicide Report

Health Populi

Physicians in the U.S. are experiencing “death by 1,000 cuts,” according to the 2021 Medscape Physician Burnout & Suicide Report. Medscape polled 12,339 physicians representing over 29 specialties between late August and early November 2020 to gauge their feelings about work and life in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Medscape researched its first Physician Lifestyle Report in 2012.

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White Supremacy: The Other Pandemic

Center for Health Progress

It has been almost a full year of living through this devastating pandemic. I miss my family so much. I am exhausted from staring at this computer screen. I am also incredibly grateful to be healthy and able to work from home. Luck had nothing to do with it. Rather, it is explicitly by design that I, a white, educated, upper-middle-class person, still have safety and security while Black and brown people in my community and across the country are bearing the brunt of this pandemic.

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Aligning the Interests of Employer Purchasers and Physicians to Accelerate Value

Accountable Care Doctors

Employers have a big influence on how and whether, as a nation, we accelerate the pace to value-based care. Employers also collectively shoulder the biggest share of national health care costs, which regularly rise faster on an annual basis than overall inflation. At the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP), we define and practice value-based care as care that is coordinated through teams, connected with health information technology, led by physicians, and paid based on quality and

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How to leverage Patient Safety Awareness Week during COVID?

Beterra

March 14 – 20th marks yet another National Patient Safety Week. This annual event creates a platform for organizations to develop and grow awareness about patient safety. Why does it matter? Much has been said and written about why patient safety matters. Yet, we encounter at least half a million deaths due to adverse events every year (We know the numbers are only higher.

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How to Battle Layoffs: The Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp

Facing layoffs in your organization? Support your team members' career transition with Career Star Accelerator Bootcamp: Custom Resume & LinkedIn Revamp + 6 Weeks of Career Coaching. Our certified resume writers will create job search-winning resumes and LinkedIn profiles while they work with a career coach to learn unique strategies to stand out, attract the right employers, automate their job search, and land their dream job.

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Employer/Physician Collaborative Announces Strategies to Work Together to Improve Patient Care

Accountable Care Doctors

National Alliance/CAPP report identifies opportunities around care delivery and alternative payment models. To engage employers and other healthcare purchasers and providers in strategic discussions to improve care delivery, outcomes and value, the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions (National Alliance) and the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) collaborated on a series of roundtables across the country during the last several months.