Provider Perceptions of Pharmacists in Primary Care–Based Accountable Care Organizations

April 7, 2021Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACORN SEED, Burnout, Chronic Care, Collaboration, CPAs, patient experience, physician Satisfaction, Primary Care, Provider Education, Quality Reporting, Workflow, Workflow Disruption

Clinical pharmacists are in an ideal position to manage multiple aspects of patient care within value-based care models. In 2015, Nova Southeastern University College of Pharmacy founded the Accountable Care Organization Research Network, Services, and Education (ACORN SEED), a team of pharmacy practice faculty dedicated to using innovative approaches to patient care while providing unique…

Leaders Weigh In on Solutions for Physician Burnout

November 8, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsBurnout, physician burnout

What gets measured gets attention. Coverage of physician burnout is bringing awareness of increasing rates of physician suicide and the systemic issues that contribute to this problem. Physicians are unhappy with their loss of autonomy, billing complexity and electronic health record (EHR) burdens that interfere with their day-to-day work with patients. Programs focused only on…

Physicians aren’t ‘burning out.’ They’re suffering from moral injury

July 26, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsBurnout, Moral Injury, physician burnout, physician Satisfaction

Physicians on the front lines of health care today are sometimes described as going to battle. It’s an apt metaphor. Physicians, like combat soldiers, often face a profound and unrecognized threat to their well-being: moral injury. Moral injury is frequently mischaracterized. In combat veterans it is diagnosed as post-traumatic stress; among physicians it’s portrayed as…

CMS Administrator Seema Verma Pledges to Cut Provider Burden

July 17, 2018Garrett SchmittNo CommentsBurnout, CMS, MIPS, Seema Verma

In a letter addressed to doctors, CMS Administrator Seema Verma reaffirmed the federal agency’s commitment to “turning the tide” of rising rates of physician burnout and reducing clinical documentation requirements to cut provider burden. “From reporting on measures that demand that you follow complicated and redundant processes, to documenting lines of text that add no…

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