Blueprint

For those of us who work within a health care organization, as opposed to a private practice, we are thrust into a bureaucratic structure when we accept our…

As I like to say: “Knowledge is power, and also leverage.” So, let’s empower ourselves about concepts and rules that we work within, and then leverage that information…

Sometime around 2009, my mind was opened to a new way of thinking about how the rest of my life, including my career, could look. The first time…

At this point, should we all assume that things at work can always get worse than they currently are? The pandemic has proved that, over and over, so NOW is…

I was recently approached by someone within my organization about an opportunity to take a leadership role that would really move me up our corporate ladder. The email…

Here are two takes on the definition of BURNOUT, albeit similar. I believe, especially as the term BURNOUT has become part of the everyday lexicon, we need to ensure that we…

UPDATE: As of January 1st, 2021, there are E/M changes to outpatient services that will base billing on the total time spent on, or medical decision-making based on,…

If we, as medical professionals, can just make the time to grab a 10-minute session of mindfulness, then burnout levels will subsequently start to drop, right? Or maybe,…

Unsolicited opinion warning: I see a lot of Hippocratic hypocrisy when I look around medicine.  During our training and careers, we are laser-focused on the clinical skills needed…

Here’s the message that I want to help spread: You get to make choices about which path you take during your PA career. You either choose  a Path…

September 17th was National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. An estimated 400 physicians commit suicide per year, which accounts for more that one per calendar day. It is assumedly-safe to…