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The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
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Taking Back Control—Can Quality Improvement Enhance The Physician Experience?By Lisa S. Rotenstein and Amanda K. Johnson
The solutions to alleviating burnout among physicians will ultimately involve interventions focused on both individuals and organizations. Among the many strategies being tested, giving physicians back control over their environments through provision of improvement skills and opportunities to engage in improvement can not only be uniquely empowering but also enhance our systems of care. Read More >>
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IN THE JOURNAL
THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE
Medical Professionalism In An Organizational Age: Challenges And Opportunities
By David J.
Rothman, David Blumenthal, and George E. Thibault
The structure of medical practice is undergoing an extraordinary transformation. The percentage of physicians salaried and employed by hospitals and health care groups has increased dramatically. Growing numbers of patients are using health information technologies to manage their health care. David Rothman and coauthors aim to start a dialogue on how these changes may affect the key responsibilities of medical professionalism: putting patient interests first, maintaining and enhancing physicians’ medical competence, and sustaining trust in the doctor–patient relationship. Read More >>
The Practice Of Medicine series is supported by the Physicians Foundation.
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A CLOSER LOOK—Unpaid Caregivers
An AARP survey found that approximately 34.2 million Americans had provided unpaid care to an adult age 50 or older in the prior twelve months. This Health Affairs journal article discusses the disproportionate impact of dementia on family and unpaid caregiving for older adults.
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