Resource type: Briefs and Summaries
Call to Action: Improving Clinician Well-Being and Patient Care and Safety

This brief serves as a call to action to improve clinician wellbeing and its impacts on patient care and safety, providing a framework for the relationship...

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A Call to Action: Improving Clinician Well-Being and Patient Care and Safety

The Health Policy Institute of Ohio collaborated with The Ohio State University College of Nursing Helene Fuld Health Trust National Institute for Evidence-based...

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Health Care Professionals Get Serious About Their Health

In 2013, University of Indiana Health invested in Fitbit Health Solutions, registering employees and ordering FitBit devices. They started a three-month step...

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Guideline for Team Communication

The Guideline for Team Communication, approved by the AORN Guidelines Advisory Board, provides guidance and recommendations for improving preoperative team...

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The Royal Society of Medicine Open Section’s Medical Humanities Conference: Physician Resilience and Compassionate Practice

Published in London Journal of Primary Care, the following is a summary of the Royal Society of Medicine Open Section’s medical humanities conference. Parallels...

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Cultivating Resilience: Personally and for Our Profession

The American Pediatric Association Presidential Address by Maryellen E. Gusic in 2016 focuses on cultivating resilience in the face of burnout. She highlights...

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More Women Than Men Enrolled in U.S. Medical Schools in 2017

The following press release from AAMC reveals that in 2017, more women than men enrolled in U.S. medical schools. Female matriculants increased by 3.2% this year,...

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Physician burnout: can we make a difference together?

In the following study, 74 physicians participated in 19 biweekly discussion groups, incorporating elements of mindfulness, reflection, shared experiences, and...

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Transforming clinical documentation in EHRs for 2020: Recommendations from University of Minnesota’s big data conference working group

In 2014, a group of diverse informatics leaders from practice, academia, and the software industry formed to address how best to transform electronic documentation...

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Impact of Longitudinal Electronic Health Record Training for Residents Preparing for Practice in Patient-Centered Medical Homes

The following study, published in the Permanente Journal, explores the educational outcomes associated with comprehensive EHR training for family medicine...

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