physician shortage

AMA Update 566: Physician burnout solutions: A leadership program for doctors that makes them feel valued at work

What is a leadership program? Why is leadership training important for physicians? Why are leadership skills important in health care? Our guest, Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, chief wellness officer at Ochsner Health, discusses the critical connection between physician burnout and feeling valued at work, as well as the importance of career development and leadership programs in enhancing job satisfaction for doctors. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

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🫶 Read the AMA STEPSforward playbook The Value of Feeling Valued – How Organizations Can Support Individual Physicians: https://ama-assn.co/STEPSForward_FeelingValued

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🏥 Learn more about the AMA Health System Program here: https://ama-assn.co/HealthSystems

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AMA Update 546: How the AMA fought for docs in 2024 to fix prior authorization, reduce physician burnout and more

In the final AMA Update episode of 2024, American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger looks back on another year of stories about the work that physicians are doing across the country and how the AMA is fighting to support them.

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including:
▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout
▹ Making technology work for physicians

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AMA Update 495: Physician burnout statistics 2024: The latest changes and trends in physician burnout by specialty

What are top stressors for doctors? How common is physician burnout? What are the most stressful medical specialties? Is administrative burden in health care fixable? Dr. Christine Sinsky, a general internist and AMA’s vice president of professional satisfaction, joins today to discuss the root causes of physician burnout and what the AMA is doing to help doctors feel valued. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally, focused on addressing the issues important to you, so you can focus on what matters most — patients. We will meet this challenge together. Join us: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

📉 For a full breakdown on the latest physician burnout rates, visit: https://ama-assn.co/Burnout_rates2024

🌏 #ICPH2024 International Conference on Physician Health: https://ama-assn.co/ICPH

🧰 Wondering how to assess and measure physician burnout? Get AMA’s burnout assessment tool PDF and more, here: https://ama-assn.co/Wellbeing_Program

📋 Access the AMA Organizational Biopsy® PDF: https://ama-assn.co/OrganizationalBiopsy

💡 AMA EHR burnout resources available: https://ama-assn.co/STEPSForward_EHR

📰 Find heaps more physician wellness articles here: https://ama-assn.co/Wellbeing_resources

⏰ Googling «time management for doctors»? Get AMA Saving Time Playbook and earn physician wellness CME: https://ama-assn.co/STEPSforward_SavingTime

🥼 Go to https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs to learn more about our AMA advocacy priorities, including:
▹ Reforming Medicare payment
▹ Fighting scope creep
▹ Fixing prior authorization
▹ Reducing physician burnout
▹ Making technology work for physicians

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AMA Update 466: AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, talks burnout, telehealth and augmented intelligence

What is the CMS rule for prior authorizations? How is AI changing healthcare? Why is there a shortage of primary care physicians? What are the telehealth billing rules? Our guest is AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH. American Medical Association CXO Todd Unger hosts.

🩺 The AMA is your powerful ally in patient care. Join now: https://ama-assn.co/JoinRenew

🧮 CMS billing guidelines and telehealth CPT codes: https://ama-assn.co/telehealth_CPT

💪 See how the AMA fights for physicians: https://ama-assn.co/FightingForDocs

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AMA Update Welcome to the AMA Update

The AMA Update podcast covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians and patients. Hear from physicians and experts on COVID-19, monkeypox, advocacy issues, scope of practice, and more. Because who’s doing the talking matters. Find all AMA podcasts at ama-assn.org/podcasts

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