by Michael Sopher | Nov 9, 2018 | Work-Life Balance
A new look at creative solutions to achieve better work-life balance and patient outcomes Burnout continues to be a widespread problem among doctors. Medscape’s 2018 Physician Lifestyle Report polled over 15,000 U.S. physicians from 29 specialties and found that...
by Michael Sopher | May 18, 2018 | Emerging Technology & Trends
How scheduling affects doctors’ performance, patient outcomes, and more Medical errors are the third leading cause of death in the U.S. That adds up to 700 people a day dying from preventable causes. A new book suggests that scheduling could reduce this statistic, and...
by Michael Sopher | Apr 27, 2018 | Emerging Technology & Trends, Work-Life Balance
Whether to avoid burnout or gain new skills, more doctors are opting for temporary staff jobs Doctor burnout is at an all-time high, and many parts of the country are experiencing provider shortages. Is locum tenens—filling a temporary position in a health care...
by Smitha Gopal | Nov 22, 2017 | Emerging Technology & Trends, Practice Pearls, Work-Life Balance
As burnout rates and doctor shortages rise, work-life balance issues affect everyone in medicine We would not praise our patients for working long hours, sacrificing sleep, and prioritizing everything else over their own health. Yet that’s exactly what many doctors...
by Michael Sopher | Oct 20, 2017 | Practice Pearls, Work-Life Balance
The benefits to mentors, mentees, and medicine overall are clear and measurable “Mentorship is the key ingredient for success in medicine,” wrote medical student Jackie Olive on KevinMD.com. Proponents of mentoring say that’s true not only for medical students and...
