AMA STEPS Forward® podcast American Medical Assn
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- Health & Fitness
Health care leaders share insight, strategies and tips to combat physician burnout, improve patient care, and help put the joy back into the practice of medicine.
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The Impact of Chronic Care on Behavioral Health
Dr. Thomas Heinrich, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, joins guest host Dr. Sea Chen to discuss the impact chronic medical conditions can have on a patient's behavioral health. He also shares practical tips for discussing mental health and assessing patient readiness for behavioral health referral and offers strategies for both primary care and specialists.
Explore the BHI Collaborative’s Compendium here: https://bit.ly/3rmQCgP
Explore the BHI webinars here: https://bit.ly/3SExup3 -
'I don’t remember when I lost hope’: One CMO’s Burnout-to-Depression Story
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 -
Mountains of Modules: Reducing Mandatory Training Burden for Physicians
Dr. Linda Brubaker, Director of Physician Wellness at University of California San Diego, and Dr. Nicole Goldhaber, Surgical Resident at University of California San Diego, share how they’ve worked to reduce unnecessary mandatory training burden at their organization.
Read Mountains of Modules: Assessment and Redesign of Online Mandatory Training to Promote Physician Wellness and Reduce Burnout: https://bit.ly/3WOfxXV -
The Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative Part 3: Oncology
Dr. Stephen Grubbs, oncologist and Vice President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Clinical Affairs Department, joins guest host Dr. Sea Chen to discuss what the ASCO hopes to achieve through joining the Behavioral Health Integration Collaborative, a group dedicated to catalyzing effective and sustainable integration of behavioral and mental health care into physician practices.
Explore the BHI Collaborative’s Compendium here: https://bit.ly/3rmQCgP
Explore the BHI webinars here: https://bit.ly/3SExup3
Explore ASCO guidelines about advanced cancer patient behavior health: https://bit.ly/3WEl5nL
Explore ASCO guidelines for anxiety and depression: https://bit.ly/4bEe0I1 -
Simplified Outpatient E/M Coding and Documentation
Dr. Jeannine Engel, internal medicine physician and Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, describes the most recent billing and coding documentation guidelines and offers solutions to reduce note bloat and other documentation inefficiencies.
Explore the Simplified Outpatient Documentation and Coding toolkit: https://bit.ly/3P3cczn -
Achieving Whole-Person, Integrated Care: An AMA Member’s Journey
AMA Member Dr. Jennifer Thomas, family medicine physician and Medical Director of Morris Hospital's Integrated Behavioral Health Program, shares her success story integrating behavioral health into her practice using a collaborative care model.
Explore the BHI Collaborative’s Compendium here: https://bit.ly/3rmQCgP
Explore the BHI webinars here: https://bit.ly/3SExup3
Register for the upcoming webinar How Integrated Behavioral Health Can Strengthen Value-Based Care: https://bit.ly/3QytIfu
Learn more about the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association (CFHA): https://bit.ly/3wA2vlY
Learn more about Morris Hospital's Integrated Behavioral Health: https://bit.ly/4dFrC7C