AMA STEPS Forward® podcast

Don't forget to claim CME with the Private Practice: Attending to Business mini-series. Listen to Episode 1 (originally aired March 8, 2023) and follow this link to get credit: https://bit.ly/Ep1CME

In this episode, hosts Meghan and Taylor identify common challenges faced by physicians starting a private practice and explore key elements to implement when it comes to building a successful and sustainable private practice.

Resources:

De-implementation checklist - http://bit.ly/3CLoTIR

Saving Time Playbook - http://bit.ly/3mtxBXc

Lean module - http://bit.ly/3JfSBto

PDSA module - http://bit.ly/3ISLlCc

Dr. Natalia Rost, President-Elect and Vice Chair of the Committee on Public Engagement for the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), joins guest host Dr. Sea Chen to discuss what the AAN hopes to achieve through joining the AMA’s Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative, a group dedicated to catalyzing effective and sustainable integration of behavioral and mental health care into physician practices. She also discusses the AAN’s Brain Health Initiative and why integrating behavioral health into neurological care is so important.

Register for the upcoming webinar Addressing the Behavioral Health Care Needs of Our Veterans here: https://bit.ly/3HGhQ6t

Explore the BHI Collaborative’s Compendium here: https://bit.ly/3rmQCgP

Explore the BHI Collaborative’s webinar series here: https://bit.ly/3SExup3

Learn more about the AAN and its Brain Health Initiative: https://bit.ly/3I23PAg

Tom Delbanco, MD, and Catherine DesRoches, DrPH, Co-Founder and Executive Director respectively of OpenNotes, discuss common concerns and best practices when sharing clinical notes with patients. Read the full toolkit on this topic to learn more: https://bit.ly/3w1lgeA.

Dr. Michael Ivy, trauma surgeon and Chief Medical Officer at Gaylord Specialty Healthcare, shares his personal experience with burnout and depression that ultimately led him to contemplate taking his own life. He also shares insights for combatting the lingering stigma around asking for help in the culture of medicine.

The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States.

More Resources:

Explore the Preventing Physician Suicide toolkit: https://bit.ly/4bYQpBP

Explore the After a Physician Suicide toolkit: https://bit.ly/3yEstFz

Explore the Collective Trauma toolkit: https://bit.ly/4c3e9Ff

Dr. Melinda Ashton, Former Executive VP at Hawaii Pacific Health, and Tracy Methered, Director of Clinical Informatics and Epic Nursing Liaison at Hawaii Pacific Health, discuss GROSS – or Getting Rid of Stupid Stuff: a system-wide program developed by their team to reduce meaningless documentation requirements within the electronic health record.

Explore the GROSS Toolkit: https://bit.ly/47yUN9p

Explore the Saving Time Playbook: https://bit.ly/3mtxBXc

Explore the Debunking Regulatory Myths series: https://bit.ly/DebunkingRegulatoryMyths