Tag: #physicianleadership
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The Doctor Who Disappeared
He’d been working for hours and it was only 6 a.m. Reviewing messages, going to do rounds, checking the schedule, returning a couple of calls. He felt the exhaustion creeping in already and there were hours to go…There is a version of tired, all too familiar, that has nothing to do with hours worked. It’s…
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The Meaning Famine in Modern Medicine
A physician told me this week: “I have never had more data and felt less valued than I do right now. I mean, I don’t know if I can keep doing this.” That last line was spoken from such a deeply exhausted place that I felt myself leaning forward, my usual list of potential pivots…
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Behind The Curtain
It’s not the absence of people. You are surrounded by them. In fact, you often feel there are too many in the room, not too few. The waiting room is full. The inbox is full. The calendar is full. People need you at work, at home, in the group chat, on the board, in the…
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The Paralyzed Analyst—The Neverending Pause
You don’t want to look foolish as you feel the shockwaves of the latest numbers. You know it’s stupid to stop the digital campaign or disrupt the plan of care mid-stream, but you just can’t help but react. You desperately search for the reframe, the call to action, the shift. But here, procrastination is reframed as…