https://youtu.be/qtLpro1jpaY Thanks to the medical informatics division at UC San Diego Health for hosting me at their informatics seminar series. I gave a talk about our efforts on improving physician well-being and reducing burnout (see previous blog posts on Sprints and Practice Transformation). Sometimes, I travel with my ukulele. Sometimes, I sing at the end … Continue reading Ukulele parody: Everyone Knows its Becky
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AAMC report on UCHealth Sprint (news)
https://news.aamc.org/patient-care/article/reducing-stress-electronic-health-records/ More news about our EHR 2.0 Sprint efforts; we're getting some attention from around the country and it is gratifying on several levels: 1) that organizations are taking Physician Burnout seriously and 2) that our efforts at concretely moving the needle on EHR burden and Physician Burnout are getting some attention nationally. Certainly our internal clinics … Continue reading AAMC report on UCHealth Sprint (news)
Cooling off physician burnout: a story in 5 pictures.
This is of course the distillation of the frustrated physician at the computer in the corner (you may recognize the physician-actor), with dissatisfaction cascading to the patient. Why does it have to be this way? How did we get here? Well, we are often victims of ‘translational’ thinking, with insufficient ‘transformational’ thinking. What I mean … Continue reading Cooling off physician burnout: a story in 5 pictures.
Go live day 2: solve EHR system issues before Monday (and a uke song: If You’re Going to Yampa Valley)
I love hospital art. Why not improve the lives of employees by showing something beautiful? Day 2 is going well. It is fascinating to see each department with very different concerns come together to solve problems. We have a doc who can order tests and prescriptions but can't place billing charges without 'changing context.' Call … Continue reading Go live day 2: solve EHR system issues before Monday (and a uke song: If You’re Going to Yampa Valley)
We are LIVE. And everyone is still calm. Congratulations to Yampa Valley Med Center
These suspicious looking characters are Jon Pell MD, Hospitalist and informaticist, Mark Clark, CIO YVMC, Dave Corry MD, informaticist and vascular surgeon, and yours truly. We're here wearing red shirts and supporting the physicians and staff for day ONE. Remarkably few calls to the command center, scant login issues, only 20 open issues on the … Continue reading We are LIVE. And everyone is still calm. Congratulations to Yampa Valley Med Center
Day zero of a hospital go live
We are SET! Dozens of fresh red shirts, ready to be donned. We have invaded the local hotels and will be set for go live in the morning. Furthermore, lots of pens and papers to sketch out issues, problem solve. And of course lots of tissues for the tears ... of empathy. Yes, we anticipate … Continue reading Day zero of a hospital go live
Command center: Another day, another go live (and some uke songs)
I'm here at YVMC: Yampa Valley Medical Center in Steamboat CO for Friday's Epic EHR go live. Setting up the command center, at least half the room is festive. Prepping for the inevitable phone calls. We are finishing up our Preflight sessions, an innovation we created to get docs ready for the big day. Beyond … Continue reading Command center: Another day, another go live (and some uke songs)
Prescriptive Intelligence and the OR at UCHealth (news article)
https://revcycleintelligence.com/news/or-efficiency-machine-learning-boosts-uchealths-revenue-by-10m?undefined.mjjo Proud of our COO and CIO and their efforts to revolutionize our Operating Room Efficiency through machine learning as well as some social engineering. SBAR statement Situation: Operating Rooms are some of the most expensive real estate in a hospital. How can we improve utilization rates in the face of surgeons protecting their OR … Continue reading Prescriptive Intelligence and the OR at UCHealth (news article)
Book Chapter on OpenNotes for Older Patients
So happy that my book chapter is now in print! Thanks to the John A. Hartford Foundation and Terry Fuller, the book's indefatigable editor for shepherding this project to completion over the past year. Even more importantly, thanks to my lovely wife Esther Langmack for her many (many) red-inked editorial 'suggestions' which turned my tortured … Continue reading Book Chapter on OpenNotes for Older Patients
Solve your problems, with a Ladder at work (what?)!
There is a risk, in a large and growing IT organization in a large and growing health system (we're up to 9 hospitals, 400 clinics) is getting disconnected among the hundreds of employees and colleagues within this unit. We certainly don't have all of it figured out, but there are proud moments when we do … Continue reading Solve your problems, with a Ladder at work (what?)!