Book contents
- The Burned Out Physician
- The Burned Out Physician
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 The Psychology of Burnout
- Chapter 2 The Burned-Out Physician
- Chapter 3 Types of Medical Error
- Chapter 4 Sources of Medical Error
- Chapter 5 How-To Strategies for Addressing the Crisis
- Chapter 6 Solution #2: Engage in Self-Care
- Chapter 7 Solution #3: Seek Social Support
- Chapter 8 Solution #4: Follow the Advice You Would Give Patients
- Chapter 9 Solution #5: Perform Effective Team Leadership
- Chapter 10 Solution #6: Ensure Collaborating Team Members
- Chapter 11 Solution #7: Establish and Sustain a Positive Team Culture
- Chapter 12 Solution #8: Make Changes in Workflow in Organizations
- Chapter 13 Solution #9: Make Changes in Management Practices in Local Healthcare System Top Leaders
- Chapter 14 Solution #10: Make Changes in Overall Healthcare System Processes
- Chapter 15 Solution #11: Make Changes in National Healthcare
- Chapter 16 Saving the Burned-Out Physician
- Index
- References
Chapter 12 - Solution #8: Make Changes in Workflow in Organizations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 July 2022
Book contents
- The Burned Out Physician
- The Burned Out Physician
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures and Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 The Psychology of Burnout
- Chapter 2 The Burned-Out Physician
- Chapter 3 Types of Medical Error
- Chapter 4 Sources of Medical Error
- Chapter 5 How-To Strategies for Addressing the Crisis
- Chapter 6 Solution #2: Engage in Self-Care
- Chapter 7 Solution #3: Seek Social Support
- Chapter 8 Solution #4: Follow the Advice You Would Give Patients
- Chapter 9 Solution #5: Perform Effective Team Leadership
- Chapter 10 Solution #6: Ensure Collaborating Team Members
- Chapter 11 Solution #7: Establish and Sustain a Positive Team Culture
- Chapter 12 Solution #8: Make Changes in Workflow in Organizations
- Chapter 13 Solution #9: Make Changes in Management Practices in Local Healthcare System Top Leaders
- Chapter 14 Solution #10: Make Changes in Overall Healthcare System Processes
- Chapter 15 Solution #11: Make Changes in National Healthcare
- Chapter 16 Saving the Burned-Out Physician
- Index
- References
Summary
As important as individual solutions and team-based solutions are, there is a critical third level of potential solutions that can and should be implemented, namely, system-level solutions. Some of these broader solutions can be implemented fairly directly by leaders in local healthcare systems, including individual practices and hospitals. One especially important “local systems” solution is workflow analysis and workflow simplification. As valuable as improving workflow is, it is a challenge to persuade leaders to engage in such a change process, and it is a challenge to persuade those who would benefit from workflow simplification to actually change their behavior. The pandemic is providing a major “reset” opportunity, the chance to rethink how we do things in general and, more particularly, in healthcare.
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- The Burned Out PhysicianManaging the Stress and Reducing the Errors, pp. 158 - 167Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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